I don't see how you can legislate away a move to subscriptions. That's not unintended consequences, that is an entirely foreseeable and direct consequence.
which will also encourage more people to switch to indie games who don't abuse their users.
$company might see this requirement, to treat people with respect, as a threat to their business model and will respond by becoming worse.
Is only a problem if you're not willing or able to introduce additional requirements to compel ethical behavior.
The problem isn't companies are evil and we're hopeless to stop them so it's better to bend over. The problem is we're unwilling to force companies to behave ethically. Its more profitable to be evil. And it's not technically illegal to do so.... yet. (It's also more profitable to just steal.)
Games that are sunset without a way for the players to continue playing it are already effectively subscriptions. The whole point is to force companies to stick to what they are selling. Having companies advertise their games correctly would be a win as it would give their already honest competition making games that you can actually play indefinitely a huge advantage compared to the current situation.
$company might see this requirement, to treat people with respect, as a threat to their business model and will respond by becoming worse.
Is only a problem if you're not willing or able to introduce additional requirements to compel ethical behavior.
The problem isn't companies are evil and we're hopeless to stop them so it's better to bend over. The problem is we're unwilling to force companies to behave ethically. Its more profitable to be evil. And it's not technically illegal to do so.... yet. (It's also more profitable to just steal.)