cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoThe fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1364 cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
arrow-up1364imageThe 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 · 6 hours agomessage-square61fedilink cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
minus-squaretoor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 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-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 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.
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.
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.
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.