• RedWeasel@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Is it even legal in the EU for a company to allow sales in one part, but not another? Do they actively clock PS(4/5) devices from being activated in parts of the EU?

    I’d think this would be illegal, but I am not from the EU.

    • Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Vague memory, but they can prevent it from being on the (for example) Lithuanian Steam page, but they cannot prevent a Lithuanian from creating an Italian account and use it.

      This is something that arose from Netflix forcing people to use their countries accounts.

      It’s surely much more complex than that. Hopefully somebody can corroborate or correct.

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      5 months ago

      No it is not legal. Geo blocking within the EU is not allowed. But as always there are many exceptions… probably they will argue exception if ever taken to court, and if found in breach will just go “my bad” and get time to resolve the issue without a fine.