To be fair, the update itself was announced last year (here is a random IGN article about the announcement) after people started complaining about upcoming shutdown of the first game (which in turn spawned the Stop Killing Games initiative).

Not that this makes the filing irrelevant but it's not some knee-jerk reaction thrown together on the spot. Besides, game built with online components in mind calling servers once a minute isn't really that crazy (whether that should be a thing for a single player mode is a different matter).

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The case by noyb referenced single player games. Stuff like session start, duration et cetera was being tracked.

I was one of the people that signed the SKG initiative after The Crew was taken offline. Not because I loved the game so much but it's the principle. I payed for it and should still be able to play it.

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Ah, I see. I thought it was specifically related to TC2. Thanks for clarifying.

I haven't played or owned TC but game preservation is an important topic for me so I also signed and tried to popularise it as much as possible. I don't expect much but every attempt is important.