Luís Carlos Zardo

It's not about convenience, it's about how we're giving up control of our lives. Nobody cares that GTA 6 costs $100 without a disc. They care about what it means. It means they can cut off your access at any time. Any TOS violation, a gamer word, or bad social media post and poof. It means they can sunset the game forever, whenever they want. Stop Killing Games? Ya they squashed that. It means you own nothing. You are a renter, and we see that happening everywhere, not just in gaming. Buying stuff used to meant owning it and having it forever to use as you please. It's not just games. It's computers, cars, everything has a license, a subscription. And right to repair? To fix your stuff instead of being forced to buy a new thing? Gone, dude. Taken away forever. Many of you will trade convenience for that...because it turns out we will trade anything for convenience, even our privacy and data... And for what? Trinkets - Free social apps...cheaper games via Game Pass, the list goes on. Turns out we can be subjugated cheaply. But it's a bag bargain, long-term. Digital serfdom. I'm not immune from this, it's hard to escape. I'm there too...but it sucks.