But you never had a choice from the beginning when it comes to consoles. Even if you obtained a physical copy, you only could play these games on their systems and they can in theory revoke the license at any given point for any reason, making the disc a useless brick. The console ecosystem has always been under the boot of the company that “controls” the hardware.
The only time where these devices were fundamentally free was when there was a way to root them and extract data from them, like the switch jailbreak for older versions of the switch.
Killing off DVD/BR because we have streaming now means that streaming services can jack up prices because there’s no alternatives
Or you just don’t watch these shows. It’s honestly that simple. Streaming isn’t a universal human right that you need to survive. Quit streaming services. Obtain older shows on DVD that you haven’t seen.
It just sucks to see more and more evidence of the boot stepping down on our necks.
The digital world has never been more free than today tho. You have an incredibly competitive free operating system, you have a ton of great open source software for almost anything you can imagine, you can literally free yourself from the boot TODAY.
It’s just the willingness that is lacking for many as it seems. Many people want the luxury of a free world, but are unwilling to sacrifice something for it. Which I think is very sad.
But you never had a choice from the beginning when it comes to consoles. Even if you obtained a physical copy, you only could play these games on their systems and they can in theory revoke the license at any given point for any reason, making the disc a useless brick. The console ecosystem has always been under the boot of the company that “controls” the hardware.
The only time where these devices were fundamentally free was when there was a way to root them and extract data from them, like the switch jailbreak for older versions of the switch.
Or you just don’t watch these shows. It’s honestly that simple. Streaming isn’t a universal human right that you need to survive. Quit streaming services. Obtain older shows on DVD that you haven’t seen.
The digital world has never been more free than today tho. You have an incredibly competitive free operating system, you have a ton of great open source software for almost anything you can imagine, you can literally free yourself from the boot TODAY.
It’s just the willingness that is lacking for many as it seems. Many people want the luxury of a free world, but are unwilling to sacrifice something for it. Which I think is very sad.