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  • Gaming's conundrum

    From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Fri Jul 3 08:38:00 2026
    I think we need to have minimum license term for software. 10 years, if they pull it off a digital
    store you are owed 3x the price you paid.

    FSCK the cloud.
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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Matthew Munson on Tue Jul 7 11:07:47 2026
    Re: Gaming's conundrum
    By: Matthew Munson to All on Fri Jul 03 2026 08:38 am

    I think we need to have minimum license term for software. 10 years, if they pull it off a digital
    store you are owed 3x the price you paid.


    I suspect you are pised by the Sony fiasco?

    When I saw the online only gaming future I took the matters in my own hand and decided to do something groundbreaking: refuse to buy game licenses and buy actual games instead.

    Now the Sony-like crap does not affect me.

    Don't wait for government or consumer organizations to save you. Take matters into your own hands. The current state of things for most gamers was brought by gamers' irresponsible behavior as customers.


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  • From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to ARELOR on Tue Jul 7 18:13:00 2026
    On 7/7/2026 11:07 AM, ARELOR wrote to Matthew Munson:

    Re: Gaming's conundrum
    By: Matthew Munson to All on Fri Jul 03 2026 08:38 am

    I think we need to have minimum license term for software. 10 years, if they
    pull it off a digital
    store you are owed 3x the price you paid.


    I suspect you are pised by the Sony fiasco?

    When I saw the online only gaming future I took the matters in my own hand and decided to do
    something groundbreaking: refuse to buy game licenses and buy actual games instead.

    Now the Sony-like crap does not affect me.

    I am also speaking about the digital movie issue. Paying over 30 bucks for digital content is stupid
    if there is no consumer protections.
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  • From Nightfox to Arelor on Wed Jul 8 10:01:22 2026
    Re: Gaming's conundrum
    By: Arelor to Matthew Munson on Tue Jul 07 2026 11:07 am

    I suspect you are pised by the Sony fiasco?

    I've seen posts online about that recently, and while I generally agree that it's good to have a physical copy, I also found the argument interesting because I'm primarily a PC gamer, and PCs have been using digital downloadable copies of games for a very long time (i.e., via Steam). Generally too, software for PCs has been acquired by downloading files for decades, although often, it's fairly easy for someone with a PC to keep the files and back them up for as long as they want, unless the source of the software implements DRM preventing that.