It’s amazing what a difference a little bit of time can make: Two years after kicking off what looked to be a long-shot campaign to push back on the practice of shutting down server-dependent videogames once they’re no longer profitable, Stop Killing Games founder Ross Scott and organizer Moritz Katzner appeared in front of the European Parliament to present their case—and it seemed to go very well.

Official Stream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/committee-on-internal-market-and-consumer-protection-ordinary-meeting-committee-on-legal-affairs-com_20260416-1100-COMMITTEE-IMCO-JURI-PETI

Digital Fairness Act: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14622-Digital-Fairness-Act/F33096034_en

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      7 hours ago

      No. It’s a valid tactic but needs to be part of a much broader strategy.

      Absolute security is unachievable, but it is much harder to probe a black box to understand how it works than reading its entire manual.

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      10 hours ago

      Technically, I’d say its a stalling tactic, but yeah, by no means is it a sound, comprehensive strategy.