[safety1st]

I'd rather see some sort of provision where if the company disables the product they sold us, they're required to subsequently license the source code to us for personal use.

First off, hobbyists have an amazing track record reverse engineering many online games and creating third party servers and mods for them, so not only does this solve the problem but the amount of creativity that would be unlocked would be incredible.

Second, you better believe many many publishers will flip the fuck out if they're staring this possibility in the face, and as a result they will work way harder to support their games in the future.