I just got the email and did a double take. Either Valve is super duper in trouble to the point where they can’t afford arbitration or a company did something crazy and changed their terms to be more pro consumer.
katiecharm
I wonder if this has something to do with the ongoing Steam subscriber lawsuit.
I signed up with some random company like two years ago who said I may be owed 60% of what I’ve spent on Steam (a small fortune) and they want me to be part of their class action so I said, sure. And every month or so I get a case update from them.
TallgeeseIV
Could be related to the total PR shitstorm Disney recently got themselves into by trying to invoke the forced arbitration agreement clause of Disney+ in a wrongful death case at a restaurant on their land.
People were not happy, Steam might just be reading the room on clauses like this one.
SirUrza
So that’s what that pop up was.
Smith6612
Hopefully this is a motion of good, and not something VALVe is having to do as a result of lawsuits. A lot of companies have been abusing their arbitration clauses lately, and I suppose the removal of it is a bit refreshing.
Bushpylot
It’s all forced anyway. Like we have any choice in any of these “agreements”. They should all be void because they are all signed under duress.
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I just got the email and did a double take. Either Valve is super duper in trouble to the point where they can’t afford arbitration or a company did something crazy and changed their terms to be more pro consumer.
I wonder if this has something to do with the ongoing Steam subscriber lawsuit.
I signed up with some random company like two years ago who said I may be owed 60% of what I’ve spent on Steam (a small fortune) and they want me to be part of their class action so I said, sure. And every month or so I get a case update from them.
Could be related to the total PR shitstorm Disney recently got themselves into by trying to invoke the forced arbitration agreement clause of Disney+ in a wrongful death case at a restaurant on their land.
People were not happy, Steam might just be reading the room on clauses like this one.
So that’s what that pop up was.
Hopefully this is a motion of good, and not something VALVe is having to do as a result of lawsuits. A lot of companies have been abusing their arbitration clauses lately, and I suppose the removal of it is a bit refreshing.
It’s all forced anyway. Like we have any choice in any of these “agreements”. They should all be void because they are all signed under duress.