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New Steam Agreement gets rid of forced arbitration and waivers for class action lawsuits (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by abobla@lemm.ee to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20230080

Noticed this update got pushed just now.

Edit: Seems they’re doing this to prevent costs from arbitration.

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[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It means that the key to getting a company to ditch arbitration is for enough people to win individual arbitration cases. There's arbitration lawyers who hedge their whole careers on arbitration payouts

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

And that i good because.....?

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

It means ipso facto, habeas corpus, magico, arbitration, parliamentarian moo deng, lorem ipsum.

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

avada kedavra, taco tuesday, avocado toast

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

This means I have won this debate. Checkmate, Valve.

this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024

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