Vittelius

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[–] Vittelius 6 points 3 months ago

here is the one sentence summery: It's a European citizens initiative aiming to ensure legal access to video games you've purchased, even after official support has ended.

[–] Vittelius 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

(even including countries which have already passed the threshold, I'm assuming).

You assume correctly

[–] Vittelius 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

We don't actually need to hit the minimum in all countries. We only need 7 (and a million signatures total) and we are already halfway there. 3 countries have reached the minimum and an additional 3 are past 70%

[–] Vittelius 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't even read this as allowing proprietary apps. They are investigating allowing different monetarisation methods for open source apps and building open source tooling to help with that.

[–] Vittelius 12 points 3 months ago

He also works for the publisher offbrand games. Offbrand currently has exactly one game in its portfolio: The upcoming smash bros like "Rivals 2" - a game with a big multiplayer focus that might even be free to play.

So I'd say he has a big conflict of interest.

[–] Vittelius 8 points 3 months ago
[–] Vittelius 2 points 3 months ago

And a lot of others require a special app for 2fa. I for example still need a app when using the website.

I found that having a second phone (just my old phone) as a dedicated banking device. How often do you need to initiate a bank-transfer while on the go anyway?

[–] Vittelius 3 points 3 months ago

Who else do you call to stop a red wave if not Tampon Tim!?

[–] Vittelius 6 points 3 months ago

Yes, he explained this in the BTS for "Les Miserables"

A MUSICAL MOVIE WHERE THE CAST HAD TO SING LIVE ON SET. (I had to write that in caps to drive home the point and retraumatise all the theater kids in the audience)

[–] Vittelius 2 points 3 months ago

That's how I originally found him, too

[–] Vittelius 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

and here is a different indie game dev giving his perspective on why Thor is wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_XhfY5qSbg

[–] Vittelius 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

you can always go on the website of the European Commission to see the verified data: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en#

At least 206,937 signatures have been verified so far

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