It's more about unexplained charges or false advertising, which are far more likely class action scenarios.

They only offered me a quarter for my used burger, but they were selling them for $6.85! The ranchers really ought to do something to try to eliminate the used burger market entirely!

I AM HERE TO HELP YOU.

Household game sharing, renting, lending to friends. This harms more than buying used.

If I want to play a game on multiple systems, I typically buy it on one and wait for the 'game of the year edition' with additional content or Steam sales to help justify the extra cost.

You know, no matter how many times Murtaugh said he was getting too old, he never failed to step up and complete the task at hand. Despite his protests otherwise, he wasn't too old for that shit and he got the job done.

Jesus saves...often, and on different slots.

37! Try not to read any blogs on your way through the parking lot!

This is a why I immensely enjoy watching Die Hard and it's sequels on broadcast television.

I really wish the PS button was relocated. I can see myself accidentally hitting that repeatedly. Hopefully it will at least take some force to press.

Slow clap.

What if there was an unexplained $1.00 charge to every credit card used on the service? Would every customer seek arbitration for that charge? Would they even wait on hold with customer service to resolve it? Without the ability to band together as a class and seek redress, minor infractions would certainly go…

The amount of consumers who allow it, happily, even, when is supports their twisted worldview, is even worse.

No, judges are there to prevent lawsuits without merit. Forced arbitration is there to prevent lawsuits with merit. This is designed to prevent wronged consumers from banding together as a class for redress of minor grievances, such as improper tax calculation or other small, mysterious charges.

The benefit of arbitration is that if there is a small grievance, consumers cannot act as a class for redress, and individual consumers are less likely to pursue redress, essentially giving the corporation a mulligan at best or a license to steal at worst.

It's actually designed to prevent consumers from banding together when wronged as a class and give the company the upper hand.

Actually, it's less about the overblown stereotype of American litigiousness and more about the fact that the court systems in the other countries mentioned in this article support a modicum of consumer protections, whereas here in the US, the court is basically a corporate fluffer.

I believe the SCOTUS decided earlier this year in a case involving AT&T that Sony has the legal backing to do this.

I think it's less about hard drive space and more about (for those downloading it) download caps. It's going to get to the point where you can only download a couple games a month if you also stream Netflix or music regularly.

Comcast opts for the, 'he believes in you,' counter, then they put their fingers in their ears and skip away shouting, 'la, la, la, la.'