Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming serviceswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareDariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s why I’ll keep buying physical for the games or movies I love. The only question I have is what’s gonna happen as game discs are just becoming an access token to download the game and its updates. I’d have nothing against digital games or movies if you didn’t see such behaviors.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoXbox “backwards compatibility” already works that way. It doesn’t run the code from the disc, it downloads a compatible digital version.
That’s why I’ll keep buying physical for the games or movies I love.
The only question I have is what’s gonna happen as game discs are just becoming an access token to download the game and its updates.
I’d have nothing against digital games or movies if you didn’t see such behaviors.
Xbox “backwards compatibility” already works that way. It doesn’t run the code from the disc, it downloads a compatible digital version.