Well naturally, people are flipping their wig over it and I had a few things I wanted to say on the matter. Below is a simple copy and paste from what I wrote on my phone last night and posted to my Google+ profile page.
Sometimes I really hate being considered a "gamer". Why this time? Well, the fact that many are suddenly legal experts when it comes to the updated Steam Subscriber Agreement.
Obvious bandwagon jumpers aside that don't have an actual knowledgeable opinion of their own, you have the group of paranoid people who believe that Valve is going to be up to something that they're afraid would result in them being sued, hence the new changes. Then you have the people saying it's unlawful to deny them the right to a class action lawsuit. Haha, yeah ok...Because you had one all ready to go, eh?
Then there are others, including Notch, whom don't like the update because of wording that says you don't technically own the games, you merely rent the rights/license to play them. Which, if I recall correctly, has been the case for most games for quite some time and is nothing new.
It's just...astounding to behold such massive amounts of rage from all of these law experts that are suddenly crawling out of the woodwork.
Don't like the new terms? Then don't agree to them. Otherwise you just seem silly agreeing to them and THEN trying to raise hell about it. Then again, I'm sure in a few days the next "flavor of the week" for internet outrage will be upon us and everyone will have moved on to complaining about that.
Obvious bandwagon jumpers aside that don't have an actual knowledgeable opinion of their own, you have the group of paranoid people who believe that Valve is going to be up to something that they're afraid would result in them being sued, hence the new changes. Then you have the people saying it's unlawful to deny them the right to a class action lawsuit. Haha, yeah ok...Because you had one all ready to go, eh?
Then there are others, including Notch, whom don't like the update because of wording that says you don't technically own the games, you merely rent the rights/license to play them. Which, if I recall correctly, has been the case for most games for quite some time and is nothing new.
It's just...astounding to behold such massive amounts of rage from all of these law experts that are suddenly crawling out of the woodwork.
Don't like the new terms? Then don't agree to them. Otherwise you just seem silly agreeing to them and THEN trying to raise hell about it. Then again, I'm sure in a few days the next "flavor of the week" for internet outrage will be upon us and everyone will have moved on to complaining about that.
And that's just it, isn't it? Every few days it's something new that people will find to complain about and latch onto. It's very rare that a continued anger will last for any substantial time though there are a few exceptions. The periodic waves of hate against EA and Activision seem to fall under this category. Also, the anger towards Sony after the huge fiasco with PlayStation Network security was fairly substantial, all things considered.
The fact that there are now all of these armchair legal warriors out there is laughable, at best. As I said, if you don't like the terms you are presented then you simply say that you do not agree with them and you don't use Steam. You can't, however, click on "I accept" or "I agree" and then proceed to complain. It doesn't work that way. It also didn't work that way when EA and other companies amended their own agreements, at which point you clicked on "agree" and then proceeded to get upset afterwards.
Well, it doesn't work that way if you're able to think for yourself and aren't simply a leech that hops onto whatever flavor is presently in vogue. Speaking of which, I already have the gaming world marked down for a "Look at How EA Origin Support Screwed Up This Time Chat Log Bonanza" for the 2PM slot on Wednesday of next week. Be sure to RSVP!
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