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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.
I have not idea what this means. Can someone ELI5 me?
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