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Steam does the opposite of forcing Arbitration on its users (lemdro.id)
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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

I'm not a lawyer: Many companies are updating their terms requiring that disputes are settled through arbitration, usually where a 3rd party selected by the company rules on the disagreement.

It's meant to protect them from excessive lawsuit payments that can happen when you go to court.

Valve went the other way, and is saying that all legal disputes should go to court instead.