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Good news! Valve eliminates binding arbitration! - Dark Jaguar - 26th September 2024
Valve has changed their Steam terms of service in a positive way! Now, part of this I think we can thank Biden for, in that he's been pushing for outlawing "forced arbitration" clauses, and so Valve may have wanted to get out ahead of that mandate. As always, a company really only does something good when regulations force them to, or in this case the threat of upcoming regulation.
The point is this. Yes, it does specify WHICH court the matter is resolved in (Washington State), but I'll take it over a company paying the "judge" who will decide a case with no legal recourse available outside that corporate decision. It's a win, frankly, and a very positive one considering how consolidated PC game sales are onto this specific platform. It blindsided me, and I double checked it to the best of my ability, but once I realized exactly what it was saying, I agreed to the shift right away.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/steam-doesnt-want-to-pay-arbitration-fees-tells-gamers-to-sue-instead/