Dead Game News: UK Petition Non-answer

Interesting that they're implying that digital products have and need no protection against planned obsolescence, considering that just four years ago, both the UK and the EU adopted "right to repair" legislation, which amongst other things, if I understand correctly, obliges manufacturers to make available spare parts for physical consumer products, and to make the products in such a way as to be repairable with non-exotic tools available to the end consumer.  You could easily make the case that the current stance on digital products, and current industry practice by producers of digital products (i.e. closed source with integral kill-switches linked to a central server), are, in both spirit and fairly obvious direct analogy, the complete antithesis of this legislation.

Reminds me of a Brit com I watched when I was a kid--Yes Minister.  The newly elected minister had plans for changes on behalf of helping his constituency,  but the civil servant who had been in office through dozens of minister-ships,  was really the person in control,  and used obfuscation,  double-speak and out right lying to keep the status quo,  while seemingly supporting all sides of everything.  

Two months later and the UK petition seems to have completely stalled; wish I could say I was shocked, but honestly if I were to sum up my nation's character in a single phrase these days, it'd be sheer nihilistic apathy - most Brits seem to have just given up, on everything.  Hopefully the citizens of the EU will be more receptive to this campaign.