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New Steam Agreement gets rid of forced arbitration and waivers for class action lawsuits
(lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20230080
Noticed this update got pushed just now.
Edit: Seems they’re doing this to prevent costs from arbitration.
forced arbitration means you can't go through the normal court system if you want to sue them, instead resolving it through a private neutral third party.
and before, the waiver meant that you gave up your right to sue them in a class action lawsuit
getting rid of those is a massive W