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EricHiggin said:

-Adonis- said:

Can someone explain to me why everyone's making such a big deal out of this? I've been on Steam for a very long time—I've had my PC games in digital format for at least 10 years, and they haven't disappeared; I still have them. What's the difference?

It's because this goes way beyond gaming, and because it's kind of a big conspiracy theory that the masses clearly see happening.

The WEF and its "You will own nothing and you will be happy" used to be laughed at by many initially because it seemed way too bond villain like. Well it's clearly happening bit by bit and people obviously don't like it because of how bad it could end up.

Rent your gaming, rent your computing, rent your clothing, rent your transport, rent your residence, rent your love(r), etc, etc. That's the future plan, and it's scary as hell because of the absolute dystopia it may create

This is a conspiracy though. The industry didn't kill DVDs/Blueray/CDs...  Consumers did. No one buys music any more because the abundance of streaming is easier and more flexible. When iTunes dropped people stopped buying CDs. When Spotify dropped people stopped buying digital music and instead streamed it.

A lot of these things are singularities because human behaviour typically leans in the direction of convenience & abundance.

I think People really ought to focus attention on digital rights management/regulation etc instead of hoping they die or shouting into a cloud.

I do think there is hope in that physical things become novel again (see Vinyl) etc