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Ubisoft Wants Gamers To Destroy All Copies of A Game Once It Goes Offline (tech4gamers.com)
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Full disclosure: didn't read the full article. But im 0% surprised they're floundering, and desperately trying to squeeze every penny they can out of players.

Yet another example of why im avoiding AAA studios where I can

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    Its uh... shockingly brazen:

    You and UBISOFT (or its licensors) may terminate this EULA, at any time, for any reason.

    This EULA will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this EULA.

    Upon termination for any reason, You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.

    Ubisoft Eula

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yeah, but if they terminate the EULA, doesn't that mean we're no longer bound by it and don't have to uninstall the game?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    EULAs, like any contract... have to actually be reasonable legal contracts.

    This is the literal foundational mechanism of capitalism... the government enforces and adjuticates and regulates contracts.

    You can't just have a person sign a contract with fucking ludicrous nonsense like this in it and not expect a judge in any kind of halfway functioning society to not laugh it out of court.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, this is a bridge too far. If they try to enforce this, shit is going to hit the fan for them.

    That said, I have no intention of giving them money in the first place. The sheer hubris of this policy...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Courts, at least around here, are real big on choking down corpo dick.

    I'm not optimistic about their behavior, no matter what they should do.

    Safest course is to just steal everything, since it's no less stealing than giving them your money in the long run, but you get to have a game and play itvand it even works offline.

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