Europeans can save gaming!

Europeans can save videogames from being destroyed! The European Citizens' Initiative has just launched and represents the biggest and most ambitious chance to create new law against publishers destroying games they have already sold to you. Get EU citizens to sign it!

Link to sign EU initiative:

Guides on how to sign EU initiative:

[Accursed_Farms]

I made a minor mistake, ALL the signatures count, but only if 7+ countries pass the threshold. We'll need truckloads of them either way.

[Jack-ovmb]

Told my father they could take his karaoke away. He signed it right away.

[maledetto]

"You can speedrun this"

Bro casted the secret spell

[PachNach]

''The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.''
Well done, Mr. Freeman.

[Syntage]

Planned obsolescence should never be a thing for anything we buy

[LionsArt]

Our development team has signed it, and we will promote this within our community with the next patch release. We will also reach out to as many European development teams as possible. Stay strong, everyone, together, we will get this done.

[kangaroocourt]

Just saw a PC gamer article talking about the petition. Glad people are taking action. I live in the states but hope this passes for Europe.

[jackmcallister]

They sure love the protections being considered art affords them but Publishers sure do treat games as a disposable commodity instead of art.

[lucasm]

Done, Brazilian with Portuguese citizenship here.
Reminder people with EU IDs outside the EU can still sign.

[Nosferdamus]

You're doing good work, Mr. Freeman.

[onwardparasites]

"I want to say evvveryone I reached out to never responded, so me reaching out doesn't work"

Even 2 months ago, I wouldn't have responded either, but you may be reaching a turning point, I've been watching these updates since the beginning, and in the beginning mostly out of disbelief that someone was actually going to try to dedicate time out of their life to fight this uphill battle. I know that doesn't sound kind, but, I gotta say this is starting to come together into something, who knows if it'll be successful or not, but you've gotten a lot farther than I think a lot of people would have expected, far enough that positive change may still seem unlikely, but not entirely impossible. In the legal world, I'd say that's a pretty big deal!

I chat with many Europeans on different game streams, I'm going to start telling other people about this, can't hurt right?

[FoxGhost]

Don't confine yourself to European YouTubers. Many US YouTubers have huge European followings. Plus I feel this is a cause everybody can get behind. Signed and good luck!

[maxidejf]

I think the implications of this issue are so much more important than most people would realize.

[Nyt]

As an EU citizen, I will sign the petition and tell everyone I know to sign too. Go save video games and basic ownership rights!

[AxidoDE]

Fun fact: That business practice already spread to cars in a way. BMW already introduced subscriptions for features that are built into a car regardless. So far, they reverted their decision to offer subscription-based heated seats, but they were not planning to stop them altogether.

Anyway, I did my part by signing the petition. And even though I reach a negligibly small amount of people as a streamer, I will try to convince my viewers to do the same. Every signature counts.

[gostchiken]

May the algorithm look kindly upon this video.

[flucke]

Ross will become a patron saint of gaming. Godspeed my Europeans.

[mokibomo]

I refuse to be part of the crowd that don't care about games.

[danielgrizzlus]

Yesterday, the link was down for 2 hours for maintenance. It could be maintenance right now as well. Please stay patient and vigilant, people. Check again in a few hours.

[ras]

Signed immediately. This kind of stuff might go beyond games if the precedent is set.