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PlayStation founder Ken Kutaragi says discs became "metaphor for 'owning' games", and that upset at their discontinuation is a "mentality issue" (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 38 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

And nobody struggles with this for books. Not one soul.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Are you unaware of digital book markets?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Digital book markets are why I will never fully switch from physical books. I prefer to own my shit and give it away if I want, can’t do that with an ebook or a downloaded game.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I just strip DRM the second I download the ebook using calibre. Sharing becomes as trivial as attaching to a message.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I don’t know how to do that. Liked I’m glad the tech exists, but I don’t have the motivation to learn how to do that or start a server, I just want to read 😅 I just go to the library or one of the many independent bookstores close to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I think SpiceDAO struggled with this, but that's not "a soul" lol. They bought some rare Dune book or something thinking it gave them rights to it? I don't remember the specifics.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Pointing to a group of plainly delusional idiots is technically a counterexample.

    See also those crypto-dolts who (IIRC) made a knockoff of Magic The Gathering: Online and dismissed legal threats by figuring they'd make so much money they could just buy Wizards Of The Coast.

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