GOG. It’s not all games, but you can own some of them. Steam, in spite of the CEO that keeps it decent, started this lease under the guise of buying model.
That said, subs are much worse. If the Disney/Kimmel situation taught us anything, it’s that boycotts work.
Subs are costing most Americans, on average, $300/mo. (More Perfect Union covered it.). That’s a monthly grocery bill for 1-2, if you buy right and cook. Subs are part of the “squeeze” that siphons money to the top 1%.
Loads of steam games can be played in offline mode and stored in drives. That always been a feature and has never changed.
They just don’t need to promote it, who needs it knows about it, but people love circle jerking that GOG lets you own your titles. Both do, and both aren’t available to download when their servers are gone, so they are functionally identical.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Counterpoint: Colbert
Zephorah@discuss.online 1 hour ago
What’s the boycott there?
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
People didn’t cancel their Paramount subscriptions when CBS cancelled Colbert.
Zephorah@discuss.online 1 hour ago
I wasn’t even aware it was a sub, but if course it is. What could possibly be so alluring in paramount that has a bigger pull than Disney and ESPN content?