I’d rather pay more money for a freer system but that option isn’t offered. Either I’m too niche or locking users down is more valuable than raw sales profit (or both).
I’ve not bought a console since they got internet and needed updates. Been Windows-free for a while too.
The licence over 100 pages long, with deliberately convoluted language no one ever expects you to read. Some services even block you from accepting if you haven’t scrolled to the end, but then most give a “Skip to bottom” button!
And since most EULAs are not grounded in reality and as such unworkable, they’re pretty much just a scare tactic.
How dare users have control of their own hardware!
If Cory Doctorow’s talk on Post US tech is accurate I suspect users may be able to take quite a bit of control back from corpos soon enough.
Accurate? Certainly. Politically Feasible? That’s another story.
tbf, most Consoles sold at a Loss, so Consoles would have to become more expensive if that wasn’t the case.
Just join the PC Masterrace
I’d rather pay more money for a freer system but that option isn’t offered. Either I’m too niche or locking users down is more valuable than raw sales profit (or both).
I’ve not bought a console since they got internet and needed updates. Been Windows-free for a while too.
One of us! One of us!
You have to start with that, I was about to preach about PCMR and Linux!
The raised the price after market to make more money
Not really anymore, these days consoles are sold at a profit
Silly consumer, you don’t own anything! You’ll take your license and follow these terms.
The licence over 100 pages long, with deliberately convoluted language no one ever expects you to read. Some services even block you from accepting if you haven’t scrolled to the end, but then most give a “Skip to bottom” button!
And since most EULAs are not grounded in reality and as such unworkable, they’re pretty much just a scare tactic.