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[–]Myocarditis-Man[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Always heart-warming to see more people deciding they've had enough of the modern trend where companies get to arbitrarily revoke access to stuff which was paid for, after taking the customer's money. It's why I quit buying video games, full stop. All of them want to shove some online service up my ass just to play single player now, sometimes five of them!

Honestly I'm amazed how the public has allowed it to get to the point where someone else on the other side of the planet can disable/break your stuff any time they want.

[–]package 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Eh the issue is that it genuinely makes sense in some cases, which makes it more palatable in cases where it doesn't. Music streaming services for instance, especially now that they all do lossless audio, make far more sense and are a far better deal than paying individually for tracks or albums. Also makes sense for movies and tv to a slightly lesser degree, then by the time you get to video games as a service it no longer seems like the massive ripoff that everyone correctly saw it as before streaming services were as prevalent.