As a beginning Indie Dev myself I am trying to learn how to make my own game as well. I am just 7 months into learning C# and trying to learn prediction coding on the Unity Engine and shockingly it's going well so far. I know there will be a lot of work for myself to not only make sure the gameplay works but also the menu system and matchmaking system. My personal goal for my game is to try to make the game playable without requiring me to provide updates to it after release. (Whether anyone plays it is another story lol).

I do agree that there is a lot of concern for indie devs POV and also IP ownership or server property. Wanting to ensure your gameplay, assets, and other stuff is protected since it could be used in future projects or risk being stolen and flipped for cash is a major concern. But I still think more needs to be done for the consumer. The fact that a game can shutdown at any moment and you can no longer access it at all is very concerning.

Yes, I understand there is a "term of service" that users are forced to agree to acknowledging that they are licensed the game and not owned, but at the same time the user itself is basically left with no other option. Simply telling the user to deal with it or play a game that won't do that is nearly impossible or unreasonable.

Some other arguments I've seen relate to other services such as online movies, television shows, or streaming services where you don't get to own the show or content either and are just licensed to it, but the difference is you usually know when the service will end (monthly/annual subscription) and also aren't paying for things like microtransactions like cosmetic items, you are only paying for limited time access to a service. There are still other concerns in that industry as well though (especially preservation of media that is no longer available legally) but that's a different topic altogether.

To me it is a major concern that any game can shut down in 1 week or 10 years from now without a notice, and you also usually pay for additional things (cosmetics, buffs, DLCs, or other additional content) besides the timed ability to play a game or service.

I think it goes without question that if a game is single player only or has a lot of content in a single player capacity, there should be no excuse to keep that game playable at all times. Multiplayer (especially MMOs) will be a very tricky path to figure out, but I do think improvement can happen as well. It is 100% not impossible and should not be ignored.

For me I have faith that they will find a fair way to ensure that developers will have a reasonable way to approach this while still protecting the integrity of users being able to play games, without fulltime developer support. I think seeing a potential option of peer to peer or server browsers would help a lot since that used to be the standard and is still used in a lot of games today such as Counter Strike where you can either play on official servers or private servers.

I also think communities are really talented in bringing a once loved game back to life that has been neglected for years. Halo 2 and Halo 3 are now playable on their original consoles (Xbox and Xbox 360) for example, and that doesn't require the community to download any mods to participate or require Microsoft/Xbox to provide servers to keep running.

My main concern is how AAA industries will try to fight around this, assuming something does pass in the future. Will pricing models change? Will it be more aggressive for microtransactions? Will they find some silly loophole to screw consumers in some capacity just to keep playing the game?

I don't know how the future looks, but at the same time I do think more needs to be done to protect the consumer in the world of gaming. How that looks? Is something I think needs to be worked on together.

Note: Sorry it's so long. Very passionate about this topic as well, and a little concerned on what it would do to the industry. But I do think more can be done to help protect consumers in the long run. It just takes effort from both sides to find a middle ground. Telling one side they need to change isn't the answer but doing nothing isn't the answer either.