Handing online servers over to consumers could carry commercial or legal risks, she said, in addition to safety concerns due to the removal of official company moderation.

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    13 hours ago

    The code should go into escrow when the first game is sold. This is standard practice in industry - you don’t buy something without assurance that if the company goes under you have options.

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      12 hours ago

      This is standard practice in industry - you don’t buy something without assurance that if the company goes under you have options.

      Which industries is this standard in? I can’t think of any. If Samsung went bankrupt who is replacing your S25 Ultra?

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        6 hours ago

        I think they mean in like B2B. Like if you buy of piece of software x thousand times with y years of support it’s standard practice to have a contract that covers what happens if the company goes under while you still have years of support.