While I endorse the change, I believe it’s being made to avoid arbitration being weaponized by class action plaintiffs, which can be more costly than a class action lawsuit
Good, because forced arbitration is stupid anyway. We should weaponize it against scummy corporations.
Found in the comments on Steam. On one hand, I love that Steam is going in the opposite direction of literally every other company. On the other hand, it does seem like it’s not being done to be good guys.
It still was a nice surprise to see “btw no forced arbitration”.
Edit: I am too lazy to look for real sources, so take this with a grain of salt and go look for the real sources I’m too lazy to look for.
Wow reading through it certainly sounds like it’s the plaintiff law firm that’s being scummy, predatory and even funded by some VC company “Black Diamond”
what is the mass arbitration lawsuit about? Is it, as dual_sport_dork’s article suggests, an antitrust lawsuit? If that is the case… I’d rather claw back the ability to sue directly (small claims, yay!). If valve is accused of something else Id love to hear about it.
ppl underestimate the power of small claims. I’ll take it over the $2 store credit a class action might get me.
I don’t quite see the point they’re making, I’m assuming by “massive arbitration lawsuit” they mean they’re being sued because of and to get rid of the arbitration clause?
I don’t see how it’s a win for them in either case tbh, maybe they’re trying to avoid having a precedent set is all that I can think of
I keep seeing this all over the place and not once has it ever been sourced. Frankly this just screams of more epic games astroturfing to make people think valve bad
If that’s what it is them that’s awesome. I want to be able to see a company do something that sounds like a good thing without that back of the mind thought of ‘what are they up to…’
Steam being actually based would be great.
Those are welcome changes, for sure, but Steam’s ToS still leaves plenty of room for privacy concerns.
For real I re-read it a few times and just got this shit eating grin on my face
This is, ladies and gentlemen, called CONFIDENCE IN YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!!! You force arbitration when YOU KNOW you’re a piece of shit and fuck your customers whenever you have the chance.
It’s because it’s cheaper to go to court with that class action lawsuit against them than it is to arbitrate with everyone affected Edited to add…
Not just pulling hot air out my ass:
Is this an attempt to beat those monopoly allegations?
