One can only hope that the Eurostack will be opensource. That way contributions can come from everywhere and won’t be tied to a single nation or economic region. My expectations are low though…

They are rivals? Why? That doesn’t make much sense. Shouldn’t they be colleagues?

France has been right about digital sovereignty since the beginning. It’s a little disappointing that it hasn’t gone very far. Maybe this will give it new momentum.

If the Gendarmerie can do it, the national police should be able to too, but from what I read, they are years behind on wages.

If this doesn’t get the French state to get Microsoft and US tech out of all their public offices, I don’t know what will.

Hold on, is she on the fediverse?

Also, here’s the link https://europa.eu/!QFHCnC

Is Nintento one of the companies that can’t Stop Killing Games?

What the fuck @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu ? What the actual fuck? Those fucks are messing with our democracy and extracting our wealth and they just want to let them off the hook to appease a fat orange with small hands?

If you don’t understand sarcasm, then that’s on you.

Yes, if a single thing is not European, they deserve to die in fire for their sins! /s

Not even then. Don’t want to get shot for looking “unamerican”.

Yes EU council. That’s what you get for bowing to Trump. Not a reward, but a punishment.

Where are these reviews? Does F-Droid do reviews now?

Coldest summer yet!

Fuck communist vegan. Maybe think about what I want instead of what others desire for once? Jeez, it can’t be that hard to see all the money the rainforests are worth once cut down and sold. /s

At this point, why not join the Union?

As a non-dev, I can’t say if that’s standard, but it doesn’t sound like good practice. Regardless, just like the woman said, GDPR was thought to have mAssIVe cOsTs upon development and business, but in the end companies dealt with it. Companies with insufficient preparation or unwilling to plan to leave the game in a playable state, will have to factor in the costs of not complying.

This issue is about consumer rights and if you’re for “what you buy is what you own”, then being against rendering games unplayable after purchase should be logical.

How is it tested locally? There must be a way, right? Developers can’t just be releasing stuff willy nilly to the main system in order to test it, can they?

That effort will have to be included in the development of a game. But can you explain what effort there would be? If you have a server .exe (or whatever) and have to release it. What has to be done? I’m assuming you’re talking about a guide how to run it? Shouldn’t that be part of the internal process already? New employees will also have to know how to run the server, right?

She also has less than 1,000 subscribers and this video is by far her most popular ever at 17,000 views and counting while her average view count is around 100.

So what? Does truth only come from those with large followings?

I see you watched PirateSoftware’s video. I encourage you to watch Ross’s response.

TL;DW this isn’t a proposal to make current games or already dead games left in a playable state. The proposal is not retroactive. It’s about the future. In the future, when this law is present, software developers will have to sign licenses that allow them to leave the game in a playable state. That means, they will have to adapt. It was possible before and it can be possible again.

Also, read the FAQ

Q: Isn’t what you’re asking for impossible due to existing license agreements publishers have with other companies?

A: For existing video games, it’s possible that some being sold cannot have an “end of life” plan as they were created with necessary software that the publisher doesn’t have permission to redistribute. Games like these would need to be either retired or grandfathered in before new law went into effect. For the European Citizens’ Initiative in particular, even if passed, its effects would not be retroactive. So while it may not be possible to prevent some existing games from being destroyed, if the law were to change, future games could be designed with “end of life” plans and stop this trend.