| ▲ | basilikum 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
This has nothing to do with physical vs "digital" (CDs are digital anyway), but with owning. CDs can have DRM and only work with keys from whitelisted systems that might even have to authenticate online or trigger a time bomb and wipe their keys and downloads can be in a DRM free format that can be copied, archived and played on any capable device forever. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | HeavyStorm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
People don't understand the difference. They talk about preservation, without acknowledging that a PlayStation can refuse to play a disc if servers say so. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fragmede 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
How're they gonna do that to an offline system like the PS2 or NES? Why should I simply just give up the rights I had on those systems because Sony and Microsoft want more money? | |||||||||||||||||
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