Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoThe HELLDIVERS™^©®^³ 2 EULA is a URLlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1317arrow-down1imageThe HELLDIVERS™^©®^³ 2 EULA is a URLlemmy.dbzer0.comSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareQuacksalber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·11 hours agoI bet you could argue in court that the EULA is null and void, because you can’t be reasonably expected to copy that link into a browser to read it
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·9 hours agoYou can not, in fact, copy that link - I had to type it manually. It’s relatively short and human-readable, but still… Devil’s advocate: I wouldn’t accuse Sony (or friends) of intentionally making the text unselectable, that’s on the Steam client.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIf the agreement to play a game needs a whole website, then I say the problem is 100% on the game developer.
minus-squareunrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 hours agoStill, Steam probably has some clause in their developer agreement where they say that’s not on them.
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 hours agoYeah, I don’t blame Steam, I don’t expect them to foresee publishers specifying EULAs as “idk google it m8”. … actually, no, I do blame Steam, what reason is there to prevent copying EULAs? Are they protected by copyright too now?
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoMore just indicative of the hostile posture of corporations
minus-squareScratch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours ago“Hostile posture” I really like that phrase.
minus-squareIceFoxX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 hours agoModify your host and redirect the URL > 127.0.0.1. software without license:D
I bet you could argue in court that the EULA is null and void, because you can’t be reasonably expected to copy that link into a browser to read it
You can not, in fact, copy that link - I had to type it manually. It’s relatively short and human-readable, but still…
Devil’s advocate: I wouldn’t accuse Sony (or friends) of intentionally making the text unselectable, that’s on the Steam client.
If the agreement to play a game needs a whole website, then I say the problem is 100% on the game developer.
Still, Steam probably has some clause in their developer agreement where they say that’s not on them.
Yeah, I don’t blame Steam, I don’t expect them to foresee publishers specifying EULAs as “idk google it m8”.
… actually, no, I do blame Steam, what reason is there to prevent copying EULAs? Are they protected by copyright too now?
More just indicative of the hostile posture of corporations
“Hostile posture”
I really like that phrase.
Modify your host and redirect the URL > 127.0.0.1. software without license:D