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by donatj 18 days ago
An online game isn't the dos game you played as a kid. It's temporal. It's the roller coaster you rode as a kid. A law forcing the any roller coaster built to stay open so your children can ride it is just silly and going to deter interesting rollercoasters people might not like from being built.

Moreover, if a game is art, it is a form of speech, no? And compelled speech seems like a moral violation.

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> Moreover, if a game is art, it is a form of speech, no? And compelled speech seems like a moral violation

Online games are a service that have art in them. That is why they come with licenses and privacy policies. They are an actual service that already has consumer protections.

Hand waving any criticisms or attempts at regulating them because they are "art" is deeply dishonest.