• MiDaBa@lemmy.ml
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    20 days ago

    Why do people forget that in 2011 you could have bought a used copy for $19 and even less with a trade on of a game you already finished? The digital market is not the same.

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      20 days ago

      They just need to introduce consumer protection legislation to force allowance of resale of digital items

      • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.de
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        19 days ago

        Careful, NFTs lie that way. /s

        The issue is, it sounds like a complicated mess in terms of figuring out exact legislations, implementations, patent and licensing rights, who’s responsible for facilitating the actual resale, and ultimately it’s gonna support and legitimize shady resellers like g2a selling stolen copies.