Ubisoft's Updated End-User License Agreement Demands That Users "Uninstall & Destroy" Their Purchased Games

[moonbits]

Ubisoft just keeps giving me reasons not to play their games.

 

[heywusuh]

When buying something doesn't mean you're owning it, piracy cannot be theft (they'll die trying to make it look like it is, nonetheless).

 

[beefbowl]

we must turn to our one true savior.
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Gaben still uses DRM which should be unacceptable in this day and age. Your one true savior is always yourself, liberate yourself by pirating everything.

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

The word dystopian that you guys have been using is exactly how this feels. SKG was supposed to be positive step forward, hoping to re-open the eyes of some of these companies. Instead Ubisoft decides to be completely transparent & honestly this kinda reads evil.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

When buying something doesn't mean you're owning it, piracy cannot be theft (they'll die trying to make it look like it is, nonetheless).

I'm glad to see that they have at least (and at last) stopped trying to paint piracy as thievery.

For hundred of years the most-accepted definition of "stealing" was to take someone else's property so that they'd no longer have it, which is simply not the case with (software) piracy.

 

[qw90700]

No this is not how things always were. Not sure where this idea came from but you absolutely used to own the things you purchased in the past. The idea that some corporation could dictate how you use something you purchased used to be some laughable dystopian science fiction idea.

Legally you never owned anything. For example when you pay for a land you purchase the right to use the land in the legal framework that your government allows you. Do you think you even own the house you built? Government also owns your house and in certain conditions has the ultimate power to use your house in the way they want. By the English language don't let words like "my" and "your" confuse you. Legal language and facts are very different than what common people comprehend and believe. Your government even owns you and it's not "dystopian science fiction" lol. Your government has any right they want to do whatever they want with you. By the moment you born and stay in the country you automatically agree the legal acknowledgement that you accept that your government can do whatever they want to you and it means you obey laws no questions asked. They can invent laws to label you as criminal and terminate your life with the death penalty. Whatever you did before that's recorded, government can "punish you" for what you did 70 years ago even without proof. Governments should be your servants but they are more like a legal terrorist organisation that operates like a mafia lol. Make sure to vote and choose your owner. In that regard the only owner of a product is whatever company owns the product so it means having the copyright and related rights are the actual ownership. For example when you buy a PS5 you don't own PS5, you only have a right to use PS5 in the way Sony allows you. It means Sony and your government can legally force you to stop using PS5 and if you keep using it they can come into a legal agreement to enforce death penalty on you lol. Do you know people are put into jail just because they sell a Nintendo game save file because it breaks unfair trade and related laws lol? You don't own but get a right to use the product legally in the way you accepted Terms of Use and/or any legal agreement owner of the product asked you before you made the payment. The agreement is made by the act of paying money or any other valuables that can act as a currency that the company sets. Before agreement made company can set the Terms of Use and the act of paying is automatic agreement of you accept Terms of Use therefore you have to obey it, if not you are responsible for your actions unless what happened is beyond your free will but it doesn't mean legally you won't be forced to compensate for loses. In that regard companies are free to change Terms of Use and related legal agreements any time they want and by continuing to use the product you agree with the changes that has made because by keep using it you are legally responsible for using the product. Because of this company has ultimate freedom to decide how you use their product and they can decide you shouldn't use their product anymore. So in Ubisoft context, by continuing to use a product they terminated you will be treated as a pirate and will be punished as such. For example X game is terminated but you uploaded a video of yourself playing the game with enough proof that you played the game after terminations then Ubisoft has legal allowance to sue you and you'll be punishes for using a company's product illegally lol. I'm afraid world doesn't work in a family setting or an innocent school settings that actually laws are bended in favor of kids' to prevent crime rate getting higher by ending personal life of kids by limiting their future to crime by preventing them from getting legal jobs. Real life is so harsh when you are an adult and you will be wronged even if when you are right and you have a right to get whatever you are entitled to but those who have more power over you has the power to bend the rules in the way they want so get used to it or be the person who has the power lol.

The world works in the way those who have power use weak in however they want. In that regard world is in the way government and companies having a circle jerk in a way they allow each other to commit crimes just to make money and have the social status they want. As an ordinary citizen you had a delusion of freedom and ownership before, because it was necessary to defeat communism to prevent The Great Depression from ever happening again so you won't have to dance to death for rich people's entertainment just for $1 more just because a collapsed economic state bothers rich people too. That's why capitalism is important and that's why making people constantly pay is important. That's why it's a better choice to push people for any consumer practices to keep money flow even if they have to sell illegal drugs. The world is not run by sense of morality, it's mostly run by doing necessary evil and those who have the power doing whatever selfish things to improve their own life. Good thing what 0.1% of the top does positively effects you in many ways you have no idea of lol.

Then I would say in certain countries democracy is a lie but then you would say "but don't be silly, we are not living in a fictional world" but the real world is in a state that it's beyond your ordinary POV because you don't know and therefore cannot imagine how it's. Most people believe world works in innocent way like how a loving family is lol. It's because of that politicians obviously BS you and you cannot do anything about it lol. All you can do is follow your president to hell and when you refuse accept the death penalty because people love to play gods so they love to decide who is sinner and who deserves to live. And then when they punish you for BS taxes feel proud paying your taxes believing thus country being improved when most of the money goes to secret lover of your president off-record, and when people talk about how government is corrupt your government start counter-war by labeling the opposition as terrorist with fabricated evidence to shut down everyone speaks lol. In that regard what companies does is less of a concern of governments as long as they pay their taxes and stays under radar so they won't make government look bad so they won't care if you lose access to a video game or two until the beloved kid of the president is bothered lol.

Long story short, you own nothing unless you are the king or the king hunter lol. You are only entitled to own your thoughts and have a right to stay silent. Your freedom of speech is allowed but it doesn't mean you won't be punished for what you said. If you speak your thoughts can be owned and used against you. Does it rings a bell? lol

 

[Morgana Veil]

Gaben still uses DRM which should be unacceptable in this day and age. Your one true savior is always yourself, liberate yourself by pirating everything.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Everybody: please let's try to keep politics and stuff out of this.

There are very few topics in the world that are as black-and-white as this one and we don't need to overcomplicate it by bringing in the whole grey scale.

 

[Morgana Veil]

 

[qw90700]

Everybody: please let's try to keep politics and stuff out of this.

There are very few topics in the world that are as black-and-white as this one and we don't need to overcomplicate it being bringing in the whole grey scale.

Well I hope I don't bother anyone with my sense of humor and the way I tried to add all visible colours into my posts for fairness and harmony lol.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Well I hope I don't bother anyone with my sense of humor and the way I tried to add all visible colours into my posts for fairness and harmony lol.

Don't worry, it was just a general guideline more than anything.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

Ubisoft just keeps giving me reasons not to play their games.

I do play some of their games, I just never buy them LMAO.

 

[Morgana Veil]

Well I hope I don't bother anyone with my sense of humor and the way I tried to add all visible colours into my posts for fairness and harmony lol.

Humor no, but that if taken the wrong way, could be seen as a borderline political rant

 

[moonbits]

I do play some of their games, I just never buy them LMAO.

the new prince of persia sidescroller looks great but lmao Ubisoft

 

[qw90700]

Humor no, but that if taken the wrong way, could be seen as a borderline political rant

Yep. Even when I just sit here and enjoy eating Nacho Cheese Doritos™ to governments I may look like a terrorist and when I talk it can sound like a KMFDM song lol. But in reality I just dad joking around with a mix of facts here and there without even being a father before lol.

 

[Morgana Veil]

Yep. Even when I just sit here and enjoy eating Nacho Cheese Doritos™ to governments I may look like a terrorist and when I talk it can sound like a KMFDM song lol. But in reality I just dad joking around with a mix of facts here and there without even being a father before lol.

Fair point, and I don't believe in censorship in any way, shape, or form. But some people would read that and take it seriously and fly off and rant back about it without taking the time to find out if it was satire, humor, or serious. That's all I am saying.

 

[boreal_cryptid]

"Thank you for using our services, and we're sad to see you go! We noticed you didn't uninstall our products. Your computer will explore in 10 seconds, and we will kill your family".
— Ubisoft, probably.

 

[qw90700]

Fair point, and I don't believe in censorship in any way, shape, or form. But some people would read that and take it seriously and fly off and rant back about it without taking the time to find out if it was satire, humor, or serious. That's all I am saying.

Mhm you are right but cannot move fast without breaking, cannot do what you want without breaking hearts and by just breathing you can offend people but then it became a "you problem" of people who offended and it make me remember this meme lol:

So let them get serious, at least I have a minigun I named "carpe diem" lol.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

"Thank you for using our services, and we're sad to see you go! We noticed you didn't uninstall our products. Your computer will explore in 10 seconds, and we will kill your family".
— Ubisoft, probably.

Reminds me of the exit DOS prompt on DOOM 2, promising the complete trashing of your PC if you had pirated the game XD

 

[heywusuh]

I'm glad to see that they have at least (and at last) stopped trying to paint piracy as thievery.

For hundred of years the most-accepted definition of "stealing" was to take someone else's property so that they'd no longer have it, which is simply not the case with (software) piracy.

It's not the same thing overall because of the technical particularities that software development imposes on legal reasoning (sharing software necessarily means producing a copy, let's say... it's not like sharing a physical book with my friend or from a library), which makes intellectual property still a "property" at the end of the day. The "raison d' être" of the state (which is raised on stolen land, at least in the Americas) and of law. I'm not disagreeing with you, though. Just adding to it.

 

[qw90700]

Reminds me of the exit DOS prompt on DOOM 2, promising the complete trashing of your PC if you had pirated the game XD

Yeah, and Ubisoft trying to pull Albanian virus stuff but at least Albanian virus is so cute I would even delete my whole Doctor Who episodes for it but when it comes to Ubisoft my reverse psychology is triggered to do mischief that's up to no good at all lol:

 

[Big Finger Jim]

It's called Ubisoft cuz all the higher ups have erectile dysfunction. Fuck you, you French fucks. The two or three good intact Ubisoft games I have on disc, I am going to flaunt in your god damn face. Filthy mongrels.

 

[beefbowl]

new prince of persia sidescroller looks great but lmao Ubisoft

Aside from the protagonist's hair style, it is a great game. Especially Persian dub is pretty cool and fitting. Gameplay is fire too.

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

"Thank you for using our services, and we're sad to see you go! We noticed you didn't uninstall our products. Your computer will explore in 10 seconds, and we will kill your family".
— Ubisoft, probably.

 

[qw90700]

Aside from the protagonist's hair style, it is a great game. Especially Persian dub is pretty cool and fitting. Gameplay is fire too.

I'm glad the Persian language didn't get lost in the wind of sand even after I was stuck in a mirror for 2000 years and thus had to experience many falls and rises of the Tower of Babels behind the reflection of the same old insanity in different colors lol.