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PlayStation founder Ken Kutaragi says discs became "metaphor for 'owning' games", and that upset at their discontinuation is a "mentality issue" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 78 points 14 hours ago (19 children)

Again, we know that we don't own Crash Bandicot, the IP, but, we wanna own a copy of a game that features Crash Bandicot.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 hours ago

    No one is trying to claim they own the IP, and no one is claiming they own the source code to the game either.

    That seems to be the way all these fucking companies try to frame things to justify telling you to pay them and then fuck off. They're trying to justify having you pay them for nothing, and then enforce it legally.

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  • [–] 29 points 13 hours ago (15 children)

    And nobody struggles with this for books. Not one soul.

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  • [–] 5 points 12 hours ago (12 children)

    Are you unaware of digital book markets?

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  • [–] 8 points 12 hours ago (11 children)

    Digital book markets are why I will never fully switch from physical books. I prefer to own my shit and give it away if I want, can’t do that with an ebook or a downloaded game.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    I just strip DRM the second I download the ebook using calibre. Sharing becomes as trivial as attaching to a message.

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  • [–] 1 point 23 minutes ago

    I don’t know how to do that. Liked I’m glad the tech exists, but I don’t have the motivation to learn how to do that or start a server, I just want to read 😅 I just go to the library or one of the many independent bookstores close to me.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 hours ago* (8 children)

    You can very easily do that with ebooks.

    Source: I run a Calibre-Web server for myself, my family, and my friends. All of my books are 100% DRM-free, and my devices sync directly to the server so I can download them natively just like if I had purchased them from the ereader’s official store.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 hours ago* (6 children)

    very easily

    Goes on talking about web servers

    Comparing to walking up to someone and handing them an object...

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Typical fediverse user in that sense. It's not exactly surprising, a self hostable social media does seem to have a lot of people who believe self hosting things is trivial.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 minutes ago*

    Yeah, it’s not the first time I’ve received a reply like that, but that was a thousand times better than the last one.

    Last time it was my comment on why I hadn’t made the switch to Linux, I couldn’t get wow to work so I went back to windows (I know, windows bad). I get a reply basically calling me an idiot and saying even his tech illiterate mother got it working on Linux, like I didn’t spend a full day trying.

    But yeah, this person was significantly more respectful and I appreciated their response. Carl seems like good people.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Or literally sending the 1MB file over some chat app And then dragging the file into the e-reader Easier than meeting in person

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  • [–] 1 point 15 minutes ago

    I don’t even meet in person, I just drop a box of books off at my library or thrift store. That’s typically where I buy/borrow my books from, so it’s not out of the way. Unless it’s one I think a friend would like, then I save it for the next hangout.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago

    Thanks, unfortunately, I don’t know how to set up a web server to do that. But I do have my local library, which I go to at least once a week, they have Blu-ray Discs too. I also prefer to donate the books I buy because it makes me feel like my money gets more value if someone else enjoys it.

    I am glad that technology exists though!

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