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Sony, Ubisoft scandals prompt California ban on deceptive sales of digital goods (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by captainkangaroo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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California recently became the first state to ban deceptive sales of so-called "disappearing media."

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law, protecting consumers of digital goods like books, movies, and video games from being duped into purchasing content without realizing access was only granted through a temporary license.

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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

The only games you BUY now are GOG. DRM free.

You can download the installer and archive it. If GOG goes under you can still install and play it.