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  • People buy games, but some games have been set up so they stop working in a few years. The petition is asking the EU to make it clearer if/when the games stop working, or to make it so the games never stop working. The petition passed it’s goal, but they’re worried that some of the signatures aren’t real, so they’re aiming to get a bigger number so even if a lot aren’t real it’ll still pass the needed number.












  • I did something similar to what this article describes a bit back. For me it was turning off my phone, the effect was staggering. Anxiety etc dropped immediately.

    For me in particular, it was being constantly available to anyone in my life, but also the doom scrolling, and knowing there’s a vast ocean of infinite content at my fingertips. Sure, I could curate my experience, and block people, but overall the phone is still functioning largely the same as it ever does. I can always turn those features back on. By changing how the device works externally, you’re disconnecting those people from the decade and a half of reinforcement and whatever they have associated with their phones.

    To get similar results I was able to just turn off my phone, but that might vary for some. Anyway, it seems reasonable for the experiment at least.