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Physical media has the inherent benefit of being difficult to remove from the customer. Because of the several thousand years of precedent and "argument" has lead to the current protections many countries have.
Digital distribution of Digital goods has significant benefits to the customer and producer over physical distribution. A lot of physical game media at this point is basically a license key and a mostly working game that needs downloaded patches they were still developing while the discs were being printed. The downsides are the current legal mechanisms and that a lot of people involved in the producing would like to continue to eat and pay rent.
Don't act like this guy.
Yes, I understand. This is the most common talking point I see when discussing this topic, and it's completely valid.
Ownership is an important consideration. Unfortunately, the buying public has either decided, through ignorance or because they've been convinced, not to care about it.
Digital downloads are, by a massive margin, the preferred way to acquire games. The market has spoken.
Like I said, delete your Steam account. Don't purchase digital games.
Otherwise, accept the fact that we've willfully surrendered our leverage to the corporations.