Pipe 2V4 Should companies offering online services be required to maintain them

Should companies offering online services be required to maintain them

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The latest weekly HumbleBundle is a select of games from PopCap including the popular Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies games. The caveats at the bottom for Origin , EA's answer to Steam, includes a term stating
EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AND SERVICES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE
. I am wondering at what point this becomes unacceptable? If I have paid for a game which has online 'features and services' then shouldn't the company selling this support the online side for as long as possible, or am I just living in a pipe dream?

On a side note, it is a pity that this HumbleBundle doesn't come with the Android version of these games; and that they don't offer a DRM free download of the games.

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2014-03-08 14:12
Should companies offering online services be required to maintain them?
bryan@pipedot.org
The latest weekly HumbleBundle is a select of games from PopCap including the popular Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies games. The caveats at the bottom for Origin, , EA's answer to Steam, includes a term stating:
EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AND SERVICES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE
. I am wondering at what point this becomes unacceptable? If I have paid for a game which has online '"features and services'" then shouldn't the company selling this support the online side for as long as possible, or am I just living in a pipe dream?

On a side note, it is a pity that this HumbleBundle doesn't come with the Android version of these games; and that they don't offer a DRM free download of the games.
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