Well, I actually planned to have some LAN sessions with the devil...

Unfortunatly no, according to most European juristictions, you are buying just the right to use the respective service and if applicable licenses. Sticking with Netflix, you never own any of those movies you are watching. Your heir may just replace you as the contractual party in the contract with the service providers / licensors.

So what's actually inherited is just your position as a contract party.

I'm not an expert in inheritance law and especially not tax law, but I guess as digital goods are assets, they are taxable.

Oh don't get me wrong. I am aware that current ToSs from various stores say it can't be done. It is a load of bullcrap, of course. As far as the technology goes there are no obstacles to transference of assets to a new account (, tho I admit there would be some hardships in the process of confirming the identity of an old user, their passing, the name of their inheritor and confirmation that the person requesting to be given their possessions is indeed said inheritor. But that's not what we are discussing here). So technically the ToS says it won't be done, simply because it's not in their interests.

Online stores have been hiding behind that excuse of being a service forever. Sure, I bought a game and acquired with it the service, good for one person. That is fine. If I wanted it to be different I would just pirate.
So why is the store's business if after my demise my kid is the one dragging the mouse? My payment is not going to be "good for two people" from now on, just a different one person.

Anyway. This is just the rekindling of the endless debate of "is a game bought on Steam a service or a product?" . It won't end anytime soon as I'm certain you know.

But seeing rulings like that gives us hope of the courts balancing the scales that have always pended for the side that creates the very self-beneficial ToSs. Like you said, maybe one day.

Facebook lets you specify what happens to your account should they be alerted to your death. (I have mine set to purge.) I regularly alert them to family deaths (it's one of the few things that's easy on Facebook. There's a form specific to it and you link to a clearly-this-person obituary, scan of a death certificate, etc). If it wasn't explicitly marked "memorialize" or "purge" by the person, it's up to the person who asks.

For me, it's weird and painful for my family members who still "exist" on Facebook after their deaths because of their wish to be memorialized.

(This isn't about digital goods/ownership like GOG at all, but still on topic.)

Why?

I always believed cremation was the way to go. Until I saw your coffin rig! LOL! I change my mind: I want to be buried! xD

For the lulz, I assume.

Ah, i thought you were serious that someone actually intentionally tried this.

I try not to be factual unless absolutely necessary.

Shit, i should've picked that up from your forum name and title. Whoops, my bad.