sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoGavin Newsom proposes a California digital software taxwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1139
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minus-squaremctoasterson@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·11 hours ago“Not fair to those who buy physical software” What was the most recent fucking calendar year when somebody walked into a CompUSA and bought physical boxed software?? I think I bought Half-Life 2 in box on launch day. So… 2004.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoConsole video game players, I guess.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoI bought Portal 2 in 2011. While it was a box, it was from Amazon, not brick and mortar. I don’t think I’ve ever bought software off a shelf. Games definitely, but those would have been used.
“Not fair to those who buy physical software”
What was the most recent fucking calendar year when somebody walked into a CompUSA and bought physical boxed software??
I think I bought Half-Life 2 in box on launch day. So… 2004.
Console video game players, I guess.
I bought Portal 2 in 2011. While it was a box, it was from Amazon, not brick and mortar. I don’t think I’ve ever bought software off a shelf.
Games definitely, but those would have been used.