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Fair PlayStation : Sony is Facing a Lawsuit Seeking More Than €400 Million in Damages on Behalf of 1.7 Million Players Over The So-Called “Sony tax", Following PlayStation Physical Discs Announcement (www.massaschadeconsument.nl)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1248556/fair-playstation-sony-is-facing-a-lawsuit-seeking-more-than-eur400-million-in-damages-on

Lucia Melcherts, chair of Stichting Massaschade & Consument statement:

The end of physical discs removes the last place where a PlayStation game could still be bought and sold at a competitive price. No discs means no second-hand market and no alternative to the PlayStation Store, so from 2028, Sony alone decides what a game costs and even how long you are allowed to use it. That is exactly the harm our Fair PlayStation claim is about: a price can never be fair when the buyer is left with no ownership and no alternative.

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[–] filt@thelemmy.club 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Blah blah.

Sony isn't going to do anything unless forced. Public backlash might move things along a bit, but at the end of the day they'll need to be forced to do something by some tough regulations and laws, hopefully out of the EU.

Meanwhile they'll fleece you and all your wallet voters, and if it's not Sony, it'll be everyone else that is doing the same thing.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Sure, didn't say they would, capitalist companies gonna capitalise.

In the same way capitalist governments are gonna capitalise....by serving the interests of capitalist companies.

Hit me up when these magical regulations of yours get applied and enforced more than the profits produced by ignoring them.

I mean it, I'm all for the regulations, I just don't think it should be the only basket in which to place eggs, but you do you.

Meanwhile , i'll also be not spending money on products that don't serve my interests, it's not the definition of "being fleeced" that I'd use but you seem confident enough that I'll look it up and check.

And by all means, you can buy your PlayStation's (not the disc ones obviously, that would be stupid, unless the regulations for that are also imminent?) , ready for the day (in the near future, I assume) when those regulations come in to force.

Because NOT buying user-hostile products is for chumps who don't believe their government has their best interests at heart... or something?