The problem is if we give major companies a way out, on the off chance that it might have a benefit for the little guy… those major companies end up stepping on the little guy anyway.
So why let them shield themselves from the consequences of their action?
Every article would end up being the philosophy page.
Considering how fractured medical billing is these days, often the techs contracted by your in-network doctors office are actually out-of-network.
Isn’t medical billing fun?
Corrupt governments like capitalistic shitbags.
Shows you how much of a dent they’re putting in the bottom line.
Or how desperate google execs are to get even the tiniest bump in revenue.
Meh. If life weren’t so focused on material gains and losses, I wouldn’t need to.
It would also mean potential losses for the distributors, as people are (supposedly) less likely to buy directly for them.
So, again, the problem isn’t the media, it’s the distributors.
I mean, I can actually own a bunch of stuff as long as it doesn’t have some sort of proprietary DRM bullshit attached to it.
The problem isn’t that there’s no way to obtain media in a non-bullshit way. The problem is that distributors don’t want to provide media in a non-bullshit way.
Well as long as we know the ship is sinking around us, we don’t need to know why or do anything about it.
But you did seem to imply that it was a good method.
Trauma as a problem solving tool… hmm…
The problem is, they aren’t the ones that’d get fucked. It’s the people they’re responsible for that’d end up getting screwed over.
It was run by one guy who had health issues. So it shut down. Mbin is the main fork now.
So… you’re saying your own analogy is disanalogous…
The rental company, on the other hand, is more than willing to turn you in to not be considered liable. Which they probably would be if they impeded an investigation.
I mean, Steam is also very functional and has a ton of support features. Especially for modding. It’s not just stockholm syndrome.
Two giants fighting over who gets to squish a village… sure, the one closer to you is totally a good guy!
They just want to carve up a bigger piece of the consumer pie, they’re in no way a “good guy” in this.
The antitrust won’t save shit, it’s just a move to let other vulturous companies have a piece of the public corpse, not for any kind of consumer protection.
So… a Steam Link?