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‘Digital ownership must be respected’: UK parliament debates Stop Killing Games campaign, but government doesn’t budge
(www.videogameschronicle.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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They're not owned by you. You own a license to use them. Some stores, like GOG, give you a less restrictive license, but it's still a license.
GoG does actually explicitly state that you own the games bought on the platform, though who knows how well that holds in a strictly legal sense.
and the law is able to make license conditions illegal/unenforceable (like non-compete clauses in employment contracts)
Sure, but has the law made licenses for software illegal/unenforceable? No.
literally what STG is about
Cool, and no laws have been changed, and it's debatable if any should.