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Although I think Bethesda was wrong to do what they did, and they're rightfully being taken to task for it, your response is raising my eyebrow. You seem to ca

Although I think Bethesda was wrong to do what they did, and they're rightfully being taken to task for it, your response is raising my eyebrow. You seem to care so much about DRM that you'll demand a refund and use a DRM-free service instead, and yet you own a Switch which is itself a closed platform heavily laden with DRM?

__i___ii____ 7y ago
Perhaps DRM isn't the issue. Perhaps the issue is DRM on a legacy game.
moftz 7y ago
It is pretty easy to run homebrew on older Switches now.
eridius 7y ago
Perhaps the OP has made the decision to accept Nintendo's control of the Switch in exchange for playing Switch games, but is upset about additional unexpected requirements being added to the mix by individual publishers.
- geddy 7y ago
  This is exactly correct. Nintendo is the only company who I support with the current generation of consoles, and on the exceedingly rare occasion that I buy a digital game (indies, or a re-release like DOOM), I accept the DRM terms. If you avoid DRM 100% of the time without exception, then video games become just about impossible to play, with the exception of GOG releases.
geddy 7y ago
Of course I care about DRM, but there's not a console that exists that doesn't have a locked-down platform. I take the good with the bad - I buy very little digital games (my games are 99% physical), and when I do, they are <$10 or DRM-free on PC from GOG. Of course the Switch has DRM, but it's also the only device I own that can play portable games and is not my phone, which I have no interest on playing games on. $5 to relive childhood memories on my bus ride to work is well worth it, but not if it's a crippled version of a re-released game that won't work in a few years.
pixelbath 7y ago
> seem to care so much about DRM I'm not sure "didn't want to create another account just to play a game" fits under this umbrella, but I'm more curious what exactly you're trying to prove here. If one DRM implementation is distasteful to me, then I should avoid all implementations of DRM? I don't want my PC rooted by a music CD with poor DRM on it, but I still watch DVDs and Blu-Rays and download streaming content through a closed-source plugin.
austhrow743 7y ago
I care about the environment but haven't killed myself yet. People have many interests that are often at direct odds with each other. You do what you can to find a balance and live according to some sort of principles even if sometimes engaging in extreme flexibility. Nothing unique about that to DRM or consoles.

__i___ii____ 7y ago

Perhaps DRM isn't the issue. Perhaps the issue is DRM on a legacy game.

moftz 7y ago

It is pretty easy to run homebrew on older Switches now.

eridius 7y ago

Perhaps the OP has made the decision to accept Nintendo's control of the Switch in exchange for playing Switch games, but is upset about additional unexpected requirements being added to the mix by individual publishers.

geddy 7y ago
This is exactly correct. Nintendo is the only company who I support with the current generation of consoles, and on the exceedingly rare occasion that I buy a digital game (indies, or a re-release like DOOM), I accept the DRM terms. If you avoid DRM 100% of the time without exception, then video games become just about impossible to play, with the exception of GOG releases.

geddy 7y ago

Of course I care about DRM, but there's not a console that exists that doesn't have a locked-down platform. I take the good with the bad - I buy very little digital games (my games are 99% physical), and when I do, they are <$10 or DRM-free on PC from GOG. Of course the Switch has DRM, but it's also the only device I own that can play portable games and is not my phone, which I have no interest on playing games on. $5 to relive childhood memories on my bus ride to work is well worth it, but not if it's a crippled version of a re-released game that won't work in a few years.

pixelbath 7y ago

> seem to care so much about DRM I'm not sure "didn't want to create another account just to play a game" fits under this umbrella, but I'm more curious what exactly you're trying to prove here. If one DRM implementation is distasteful to me, then I should avoid all implementations of DRM? I don't want my PC rooted by a music CD with poor DRM on it, but I still watch DVDs and Blu-Rays and download streaming content through a closed-source plugin.

austhrow743 7y ago

I care about the environment but haven't killed myself yet. People have many interests that are often at direct odds with each other. You do what you can to find a balance and live according to some sort of principles even if sometimes engaging in extreme flexibility. Nothing unique about that to DRM or consoles.