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California lawmakers are working on a bill to preserve access to online games (www.engadget.com)

submitted 5 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] errer@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The law wouldn't apply to free games or games that are only accessible via a subscription.

Boy this feels rife with potential loopholes…

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[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yes but something is better than the nothing that we have now.

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[–] carrotfox@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

Or worse, it incentivizes all games to be subscription-only.

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