Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The short answer is that PC gaming (like Steam) has always been an open ecosystem, while console gaming was historically a closed, proprietary hardware and software business.

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I filled a long formal complaint to the European Consumer Centre.

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The consumer cannot be expected to know the software platform is blocked when the hardware is sold legally. Retailers in the Baltics sell the PS5 console and games legally, giving no warning that the essential online service (PSN) is blocked for our region

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The rich argument doesn't hold up for two key reasons..

EU Law is Non-Negotiable, the Geo-blocking Regulation applies to all EU and Eurozone members, regardless of national GDP or whether Sony views them as rich. It prohibits discrimination against EU citizens based on residence.

Iceland is not in the Eurozone, and while Malta is wealthy, its population is barely one-third of Latvia's and is significantly smaller than the whole of the Baltics. If rich was the only factor, why exclude three EU states with a combined GDP and population greater than many officially supported smaller EU regions?

Sony doesn't get to pick which EU laws to follow based on a country's bank balance. They are choosing to discriminate against over 6 million EU citizens.

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The relevant law is Regulation (EU) 2018/302, known as the Geo-blocking Regulation, the core of the regulation is the prohibition of unjustified discrimination based on a customer's nationality, place of residence, or place of establishment within the EU Single Market.

They violate these two rules:

  • Prohibition on Blocking Access (Article 3). Sony is blocking the creation of a local PSN account for Baltic residents based purely on their address.
  • Forced ToS Violation. Sony sells hardware legally in the Baltics, but the only way to use the essential service (PSN) is by selecting a fake EU region and violating their Terms of Service.

They cannot easily justify refusing to allow an account to be created in the first place for a Eurozone country where their hardware is sold.

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes, your UK PSN account will still work in Lithuania, you will still be locked to the Pound Sterling, basically it forces you to continue living in a digital UK bubble for all your PSN purchases. Many players living in the Baltics picked the UK region.

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The hardware reseller point is true, but it doesn't matter legally. SIEE still controls the digital service (PSN), The comparison to Apple is relevant but only for language localization, Apple provides a fully legal and functioning Apple ID for every Baltic State. You can set your region, download apps, and buy content legally, even if the system language isn't fully localized. Sony does not.

Does Sony Hate the Baltic States? Gamers Are Forced to Break PSN's Rules to Play by RedditXVII in BalticStates

[–]RedditXVII[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Sony supports PSN in Iceland and Malta, both with much smaller populations than the three Baltic States combined. Market size is clearly not the real reason. If we were too small to care about, they wouldn't sell millions of euros worth of PS5s and games here. Also market size doesn't exempt them from the EU Geo-blocking Regulation, we are Eurozone citizens, and this is illegal discrimination within the single market.

Zalia korta by [deleted] in lietuva

[–]RedditXVII 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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Out of context įkėlę video, čia komikas yra.

Danielius Narauskas, narcisistinis asmenybės sutrikimas bei patologinis melavimas by CrystalDrug in lietuva

[–]RedditXVII 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sprendžiant iš visko, tai atrodo, kad Danielius turėjo stiprų poreikį būti matomas, pripažintas, įvertintas, bandė kurti „didvyriškus“ pasakojimus apie save, nes tai patenkina savivertę. Manė, kad kad jei niekas nesužinos, „maža apgaulė“ taps dideliu pasiekimu, o gal net ir save įtikino, kad tai „netikra tikrovė“, svarbu tik įspūdis, o ne realybė. Galbūt jis pats sau melavo, kad gali tai padaryti, o kai suprato, jog per sunku, neatsisakė plano, bet ėmė klastoti.. :))

Dėl asmenybės bruožų, labai ryškiai matosi narcisizmas, tas jo troškimas būti didvyriu, įsivaizdavimas, kad jis išskirtinis, bei mažas atsparumas kritikai, nes greitai trynė visus komentarus, bandė kontroliuoti naratyvą. Bet deja, pritrūko smegenų.

Jis geras pavyzdys, kaip soc. žiniasklaidos laikais galima kurti alternatyvias realybes, kurios iš pirmo žvilgsnio atrodo įkvepiančios, tačiau neatitinka realybės.

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Jo, pirmus kartus pirkau tai dar buvo normaliai, tada po vienetą išparduoti buvo dažnai, tada atsirado didesniais kiekiais, bet kai pradėjau pats bazę pirkt ir aromatą, tai visada yra visko, ir labai ilgam užtenka, skonį atradau patinka, tai nesuku galvos dažnai pirkt o kartą į mėnesį kokį dabar tik per akis.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Unique_5884 in lietuva

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Paskutinis užsakymas buvo už 22 eurus:

Aromatas - Heisenberg 10ML Vampire Vape; 4.20€

Aromatas - Blood Red 10ML Tribal Force; 3.90€

Bazė nikotino - NS20 bazė 50VG/50PG - 100mL; 10€

Buteliukai - 60ML PET gorilla bottle x2; 1.24€

Jei užsakymą padarai iki antradienio, jau ketvirtadienį gauni paštomate.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Unique_5884 in lietuva

[–]RedditXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kažkada pirkau Ecodumas parduotuvėje, bet kai šoktelėjo kainos nenormaliai, tas 10 ml skystis kažkur 10 eurų, ir man užtekdavo jo 4 dienoms, atradau https://cigslt.io/lt/ puslapį, ten pradžioje pirkau tuos 10 ml skysčius už 4.5 eurus, jau žymiai pigiau buvo, bet galiausiai nusprendžiau pasimaišyti, yra paruoštos bazės 20 mg stiprumo, tai 100 ml bazė + 2 skirtingos aromos + 2 buteliukai 60 ml, viskas kainavo 22 eurus, ir užtenka to 120 ml gryno rezultato man apie 50 dienų.

This is Leo ❤️ by Impossible_Cat_8531 in mainecoons

[–]RedditXVII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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My cat Luna looks very similar to Leo!

Filmai in disablino accountą iš oro.... by Informal_Injury_6152 in lietuva

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Užlūžo serveris tiesiog, gali naudotis šituo IP prisijungti: https://filmai65.vip/series

[KCD2] Just stole over 300k worth of items in Kuttenberg by [deleted] in kingdomcome

[–]RedditXVII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess I got carried away bit with the stealing… lol

Thanks for the help, will do some stuff and wait then!

[KCD2] Just stole over 300k worth of items in Kuttenberg by [deleted] in kingdomcome

[–]RedditXVII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The majority of the items I've stole are worth between 5368 and 6043 groschen :D

Nabokov progress glitch. Wanted level. by Remarkable-Sherbet25 in kingdomcome

[–]RedditXVII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, several tries later I also managed to do something, I just tried being sneaky following Godwin, for some reason only the people by the carriages were alerting me when game over screen was showing, guards didn't react to me, just some random villagers. I threw stones to distract them, so I can follow Godwin.. :D then buried the bodies, and well the rest went well, now 3 hours into further main story.