cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48254583

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/54771096

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46216620

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/45779767

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44554525

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Hi friends,

There was many threads lately on that topic, and despite attempts at making all those threads follow the community rules, looks like it will be better to make a megathread in order to avoid drowning other topics under the constant updates about this.

You find bellow multiple sections, containing as much info as possible on every aspect of this topic, including the latest news (as well as older ones), and how to participate in fighting it (if you wish to).

The moderation, even if we do have our own personal opinion on the topic, will try to stay as neutral as possible, which mean all opinion (for or against) are welcome, as long as it respect the rules, especially rule 2.

As a special exception to rule 4, memes are welcome in the comment section, as I saw some good ones in various other topics, as soon as they respect rule 2.

Latest news

• Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content
• Payment Processors Are Pressuring Major Gaming Vendors to Pull LGBTQ+ and NSFW Titles
• "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal
• Petition to tell MasterCard, Visa, and activist groups to stop censoring legal fictional content
• [VIDEO] Japan Sanctions Visa after the Censorship of Anime an)d Manga

::: spoiler Older News

• Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects
• Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors
• Waypoint Writers Quit Over Removal Of Articles Related To New Steam Policy
• Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy.
• Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed

There are probably more, I just posted those which were on c/games :::

How to participate to the phone campaign

The current campaign focuses on calls to payment processor, and a petition.

Ressources

GoG bundle

MasterCard statement

Breakdown of the situation

::: spoiler The petition on change.org https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-what-we-can-watch-read-or-play ::: ::: spoiler One-tap dial phone numbers, by u/[email protected]

One-tap dial phone numbers:

Master card

• US + Can English
  (skips card number input)

• Global

Visa

• US English

PayPal

• US English
  Say "make a complaint"

• Global

Stripe (unconfirmed)

• US English

Script:

I’m calling to urge [company name] to immediately end the policy that unfairly targets the adult content industry. I’m also asking that [company name] sit down with stakeholders- specifically sex workers and adult content creators- to develop solutions that ensure equitable access to financial services, create stability, and reduce harm for sex workers.

:::

::: spoiler Call strategy to be as annoying as possible without abusing call center workers, by u/[email protected] - source : https://lemmy.world/post/33614184

• Second Thread.
• Another Thread.

Strategy in Practice:

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/post/264215

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir

I mostly used /e/os, so no slow charging, nor battery limit (until recently). I'm still leaning toward upgrading to the FP6 (still hesitating), this phone will either become my rom testbed, or my mother phone once hers die.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41405196

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/post/36744

This an an interview with Ross Scott and Steve from the GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy side channel.

⚠️⚠️ Sign here: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home ⚠️⚠️

"We got together with Ross Scott of Accursed Farms to discuss the Stop Killing Games initiative that he is presently spearheading. The Stop Killing Games initiative aims to preserve games in a reasonably playable state even after the game's publishers and/or developers abandon it, helping ensure consumers keep some level of what they have paid for rather than having all access revoked and the game destroyed."

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Stop Killing Games
03:26 - The Basics
05:55 - Games Make It Easier to Dismiss
07:17 - Where's Stop Killing Games Now
13:58 - Technical Alternatives to Stopping Service
19:47 - How Would a Law Work
23:50 - Momentum
27:18 - UK Petition
31:45 - Misconceptions
35:51 - Benefits for People Outside the EU
39:36 - Next Steps

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32281558

If you are a citizen in the EU or UK, don't forget to sign the Stop Killing Games petition!

"Stop Killing Games" is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date - but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends. This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only detrimental to customers, but makes preservation effectively impossible. Furthermore, the legality of this practice is largely untested in many countries.

Over the past year, we have succesfully escalated complaints on this problem to consumer agencies in France, Germany, and Australia, and have brought forth petitions for new law on this problem to various countries. A list of the actions taken to date can be viewed here. As of 2025, most consumer action on this matter has concluded and we are awaiting decisions on it from several governments. However, there are a few remaining avenues left where people can participate if they are eligible!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30578134

Hi everyone.

It has been a while since last community update, as the old moderation team mostly vanished, and I was for a while the only moderator still active. A lot happened since then, and it is time to get the community back running at optimal pace.

New moderators

First, I'd like to welcome two new (temporary) moderator, that will help me moderating while we reform the community and examine permanent moderator applications.

• u/JonsJava : You may already know him as the moderator of ![email protected], a video game focused community
• u/[email protected] (and its moderation alt, فكسومت مدمر العوالم, aka u/modfxomt)

If you wish to help moderate this community, feel free to PM me in order to candidate to be a moderator for this community.

Sidebar rewrite

I took some time to rewrite the sidebar to better reflect the community evolution.

I added two new section:

1. "Authorized Regular Threads", which are allowed to be post on a regular basis as long as they respect the rules
2. "Related communities", which contains links to other games related communities. Feel free to PM me to add more of them

I also added links to a git repo to each rule, which point to the current ruleset. Currently all of them points to the same root anchor, but in the near future, every rule will point to their specific section. This will allow to give a lot more detail, as well as examples, without polluting the sidebar.

Community contribution

As a community, I'd like to encourage users to participate in the community. We are not meant to be monolithic, like Reddit was, and we'd like to offer the community the way to better itself, according to its own rules, not some corporate greedy interest.

As such, I'd like to offer you all way to make it your own, with a more democratic approach to moderation. In the following weeks, I'll post multiple topics about it, from which we will collectively amend our rules to better fit its collectively defined purpose.

This will be done in multiple steps :

1. First, we will open a discutions on current rules, in which we will be able to discuss about them, suggest improvements, and maybe create new rules
2. The rules will be then internally rewritten in order to respect the community wish while still following LW rules
3. The new rules will be individually put to vote. If the total is positive, the rule is adopted, if not, the rule will be bought back in a new discussions/amendment topic, until it reach consensus

Best regards,

u/Dremor

Edit 1 : I continued my work on the sidebar, feel free to give me your feedback on it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29534232

This can get you arrested in France.