This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own.

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    My proposal is for a mandated label on software and hardware to indicate that it will stop working when some online service goes offline.

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      And then what? Corporations will just slap a disclaimer on their products informing you of said condition and that you need to agree, understand and accept these terms and conditions and call it a day.

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        Aye, but forcing them to put a clear “We support this until this date” label will make that a mandated part of their marketed.

        That or, you know, force companies to release server software when they sunset support for their product. That would also be nice.

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        And then products without that label would gain at least a little a bit of market share. Most people still buy inefficient fridges because they are shinier, but at least a few read those yellow labels mandated by law and choose the more efficient ones.

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      Ironically Nintendo sort of did that on physical boxes for their consoles that was actually just a download key in a cartridge