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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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[–] 5 points 13 hours ago (12 children)

Are you unaware of digital book markets?

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  • [–] 10 points 13 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 7 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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  • [–] 2 points 1 hour 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 12 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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  • [–] 9 points 9 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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  • [–] 4 points 4 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 1 hour 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 6 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 1 hour 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 12 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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