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2025-04-07 17:06:42

anna on Nostr: > But let's be honest with ourselves. Physical game releases have been dying out ...

> But let's be honest with ourselves. Physical game releases have been dying out gradually for years

yes, that's true

> This is called "sharing things," and it's how owning stuff has worked for as long as people have owned stuff.

but... you don't own the game in a "game-key card"...

> But it's something that's being steadily eroded in the streaming and digital download age, when companies and a certain kind of Internet commenter/social media poster will pedantically explain to you that you are not buying a thing, you are buying a license to view or use a thing.

my friend you're advocating for literally the expansion of the concept of "you'll own nothing and you'll like it"

advocate for actual ownership of digital data instead please, don't fall for nor accept this corpo bullshit

A begrudging defense of Nintendo’s “Game-Key cards” for the Switch 2
Op-ed: Game-Key cards have problems, but I'll take them over download-only.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/a-begrudging-defense-of-nintendos-game-key-cards-for-the-switch-2/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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