"They also took them out because most programs aren't sold as a physical disk that you load on to your computer. "
Oh yeah that reminds me...I don't think you play video games that I've seen, but Playstation just announced 2 weeks ago or so that they will stop making physical disks of ALL their games starting 2028.
They are moving to all digital. They have faced a huge backlash including concerns of ownership of physical copies of games vs digitally leasing your right to play.
Because if you have the disk: it's yours forever. But if it's digital...well...Playstation has already delisted some games off their store, which means any gamers who bought that game, can no longer redownload it since it's been delisted.
So they paid for a game they do not own, if Playstation can just yank it from out underneath your feet at any time.
This is relevant, because the more things go digital, even beyond gaming...the less ownership rights you will have. Playstation will also use this move to digital to push subscription based gaming...i.e. you pay every month to play. Instead of you bought the game for x price and it's yours forever.
Other companies will no doubt be following this trend. It's a big reason I want to buy physical games for the Switch 2 I just bought. Anyways...🤓
FemaleIsNotAFeeling
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2026-08-06 21:11:08 UTC
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