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Blizzard locks you out of account if you don't agree to new terms; no ownership, forced arbitration (youtu.be)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is not unique to Blizzard, and has nothing to do with their latest EULA changes. Binding arbitration has been part of their EULA for years, long before the latest one arrived. (The earliest copy I've found is from 2018, and I don't think it was new even then.)

For reference, here's a diff showing the latest changes:
https://rentry.co/yuu78kqd

Both that and the unilateral changing of terms post-sale are horrible practices that we should all pressure our legislators to make illegal, and perhaps reject by voting with our wallets, but singling out one company for it takes attention away from the larger issue: It has been widespread in the software industry for a long time.