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Stop Killing Games

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[EU] Stop Killing Games:

The grassroots movement to legislate that games be left in a playable state after they're no longer supported by the developer.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 23 points 2 weeks ago

No. It’s a made up burden by publishers to avoid releasing control of games.

Everyone I have ever seen comment on this has basically suggested to just release the server code so that the community can run their own servers and continue gaming.