Best hope is that people move to playing games on PC. Same issue exists there, but at least you have options for where to buy your game from (for now). And maybe something atrocious enough happens that we get some kind of digital consumer rights, but I doubt it given what "government" around the world looks like these days.
You'll own nothing and be happy (or your opinion doesn't count) is the world we're in.
@AutismCapital I imagine this already happens in America regularly, just through less direct means.
Soon they'll "fix" that issue though. And just like in 2020 when they locked the world down, forced masks, tests and shots to keep your jobs they will do it and most will roll over.
@MikeHawksWeird@txcannaco Everyone in government wants to control everyone else. Some use Christianity. Others use LGBT. "Save the kids" is always popular too.
Whatever they think will sucker in enough people so they can force their will on others (and fill their pockets).
Is he just doing this for attention? I lean to yes because that's his job and basically his entire existence at this point.
He does have a point in that they could easily make a console that is online and auto-updating refuse to play even a physical version of the game.
This is certainly possible within their own eco-system. Would there likely be workarounds for people who wanted to? Yes. Would it likely be a giant grey area legally? Sadly, probably.
So is keeping discs going to "save" gaming or consumer rights? No. Obviously not. But it's a big part in helping protect ownership to some degree. Plus there is just the optics of it. Owning the physical gives a much bigger impression of real ownership and thus would take a much bigger move to have a company attempt to revoke access. They've shown they can revoke digital access multiple times and hardly anyone blinks an eye.
I get wanting digital consumer rights (and honestly we need better physical consumer rights), but being against people wanting physical media is insane to me. So, yeah, it has to be all for attention.
Yeah and most everyone has been silent for years about it. At least they see this as a bad thing. Acting like it's not seems way worse to me.
And expecting anything good out of government seems beyond naive, especially given the last decade or so. Sure, such protections would probably help more than anything, but they trample on our rights all the time and nothing is done about it so it hardly seems to be a failsafe.
If the boat is flooding and people are yelling to stop poking holes in it that seems like a start.
Ultimately I agree with him on that physical/digital owner rights need serious work - it's awful. I think saying that we need to ask for more is a good thing. I think that framing everyone against the move to full-digital as being morons who don't understand the real issue isn't a good move - even if it may be true in some cases.
I haven't listened to him in years, but he's not entirely wrong. But the framing of people are wrong for being against going full-digital apple-store style is insane to me though. Besides, most agree with him and see this as a step in the opposite direction and this is just the easiest way to make an "argument" in a way people can understand on social media.
Should we go much further with the pushback? Yes. Should both physical and digital goods give you more/real ownership. Yes. We also should pushback against the insane taxes, datacenters, flock/ring cameras and so much more? Absolutely.
I don't get what he's trying to do here (other than grab attention for himself, which is of course his life).