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It's not any more broken than it ever was. It's just that digital download is now possible, and has advantages. It also has disadvantages... What if a compan
by wccrawford 15y ago
It's not any more broken than it ever was. It's just that digital download is now possible, and has advantages.
It also has disadvantages... What if a company goes out of business? Does that mean I can't play my old games any more, if I uninstalled them? Discs are certainly better in this case.
By the same logic, commercial software is 'broken' from a customer's standpoint. I mean, open source is obviously better because it's free and Free. (That customer may be a developer, after all.)
- aphistic 15y agoDiscs from a retail store won't even help with the current trends. Battlefield 3, for example, I bought at a brick and mortar store but the only thing it gave me was a key to activate on Origin and a DVD with packages that Origin "downloaded" from my drive and installed. I'm not sure I'd be able to install it stand-alone if I wanted to if Origin went away.
- wccrawford 15y agoWell that I will admit is broken. But then, I think most people agree that DRM is broken by design. When they were just keeping people honest by preventing easy copies, it was one thing. The new trend to DRM is so overbearing that it affects more legit customers than pirates.