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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoYou have no idea what you are talking about. You can own and resell any physical piece of game media. If you have a gameboy cartridge, nobody can take that game away from you. If you have DRM free game files from gog, nobody can take that away from you.
The only case where this disgusting lincense shit is possible, is when games require being online and logging in to unlock the DRM.
tkohldesac@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Your physical media will degrade over time and you will eventually lose access to their fame you bought physically. There’s no correct answer in this, unfortunately, and is fully your opinion. You can own and resell your physical media until it no longer functions and then where are you? You’re in the same boat as the person who bought digitally and lost access to their license. Even DRM free games from gog are only around until they stop hosting your download. If they stop hosting it and the hardware you own with your copy on it fails, you will again own nothing.
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 3 weeks ago
Although, at least with DRM-free games you’re given all the tools to preserve the game yourself if you want to.
DigDoug@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This argument applies to almost anything that’s possible to own, though. What happens when your bike degrades to the point that it’s not usable as a bike anymore?
tkohldesac@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
1000% it does. But if your tires wear out you can buy new tires. If a chip wears out in your game boy color cartridge, are you going to replace it? Is there a shop you can bring your old disc to that can restore lost data?
DigDoug@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think it’s a pretty apt analogy. A game boy cartridge is repairable if you know what you’re doing and have the replacement parts. Not to mention that older bikes aren’t necessarily going to be able to use more modern parts.