cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoThe fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down19
arrow-up1423arrow-down1imageThe fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshitlemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squaretoor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 hours agoVideo games have gone this way too. Pop in disc or cartridge, go to play, forced to download updates that fix what was shipped in a broken state.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 hours agoAnd then they have the gall to point to sales of physical media being down. Like, if you make your physical media shit on purpose, you can’t use that to support your argument for digital-only distrubition. It’s actually infuriating.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoFor the record, the majority of games ship on disc. If you had auto updates off or no internet, the game will play after installing.
Video games have gone this way too. Pop in disc or cartridge, go to play, forced to download updates that fix what was shipped in a broken state.
And then they have the gall to point to sales of physical media being down.
Like, if you make your physical media shit on purpose, you can’t use that to support your argument for digital-only distrubition. It’s actually infuriating.
For the record, the majority of games ship on disc. If you had auto updates off or no internet, the game will play after installing.