• Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    Fresh update video from Ross about the campaign.

    TL;DW:

    • There’s a chance many of the signatures for the EU petition aren’t real. Keep signing to build up a safety margin. Official suggestions are: 10% more minimum, 20% pretty OK, up to 40% more for an actual safety net.
    • Some countries had problems with signing using the digital ID system - suggests to use the manual method (instructions on the campaign page) or try again later.
    • Someone not related with the campaign released a SKG crypto. Don’t touch it, obviously.
    • Ross heard about people harassing Pirate Software, asks to stop.
    • He’s got a lot of messages to reply to, prioritises ones important to the campaign for now.
    • UK petition cleared 100k signatures. Number is most likely more reliable than the EU one.
    • Link about contacting UK MP’s for those who want to do more than just sign a petition.
    • Demdaru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I tried five times to sign using digital ID system, five times failed. Tried once on my phone and…it worked. So try to check other medium if you’re having problem.

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    291·
    2 months ago

    I’m glad. But don’t get your hopes up because of this. Commission could (and probably will) just say “we have considered it and we are going to do nothing”.

  • resetbypeer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    This should not stop, the more the merry and also to ensure to filter out anomalies. 34k have already signed pass the million

  • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    About my lowest threshold for success is that this at least makes disclosures about what you’re buying more prominent and restricts the ability for software licenses to just alter the deal and pray that they don’t alter them further. Even better disclosures would make the raw deal you’re getting become more poisonous before the point of sale. Especially as an American, I’m going to have wait a few years after any legislation goes through before I can trust online multiplayer games again.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    I swear this is not me doomering (I very much support this campaign and even signed it myself half a year ago), but I strongly suspect that at least a good chunk of those are fake. The issue is very hot in “terminally online” circles and those are the kind of people who don’t really think things through before acting.

    I hope the number will keep on growing until the “legit” votes make up for the fake ones.

  • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Keep it going, let’s see how much more we can get people to sign, let’s aim for 1.2