I really don't have any concrete intuition as to what the stop killing games initiative is trying to achieve. can someone help? do they want companies to keep up the servers forever? or force them to distribute all parts of their software necessary for thr game to function? or just more disclosure in advertising material about how the support of the game is not indefinite?

I like live service games. I played hundreds of hours of Sea of Thieves and No Man's Sky with my girlfriend. I played Overwatch with friends from work. I still play PUBG with my friends who have moved to different countries, it's an amazing way to keep in touch.

So I cannot support the take that "killing live service games is good".

At the same time, I don't think signing the petition will lead to that. Louis Rossman gave a very measured response[1], which I almost completely agree with.

I also agree with Asmongold's response, and even with his relatively radical take on IP rights[2,3].

Finally, I think everyone has the right to voice their opinion without being doxxed, sent life threats and other extremely shitty things that the internet at large is capable of.

[1] https://youtu.be/TF4zH8bJDI8 [2] https://youtu.be/AhVsyhjcndw [3] https://youtu.be/ib012R40yto