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They could just actually sell things instead. As in, sell for real, not some at-our-discretion lease. Nobody's forcing companies to gate access and add DRM and
by yamtaddle 4y ago
They could just actually sell things instead. As in, sell for real, not some at-our-discretion lease. Nobody's forcing companies to gate access and add DRM and all that. Such a change probably wouldn't result in perpetual hosting, but in actually selling things. Or, in only providing rentals. Either way, the situation would be clearer to the end user.
- robertlagrant 4y agoWhat are you talking about? Do you mean send out games on DVD?
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoThere are these thingswe wused to put on DVDs, we call them install files. You can find them on like every torrent tracker these days.
- yamtaddle 4y agoIn the case of games, anything that doesn't mean losing access to an account stops you from being able to play games you already bought. So, GOG wouldn't need to change much, but Steam might. Wouldn't have to mean shipping physical media. Or they can just stop using terms like "buy" and otherwise implying ownership, instead making it clear you're just leasing the game.