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Sony is going to remove certain purchased titles from user libraries (www.playstation.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As always, the paying user has the worst experience. "Purchase" a show, can only watch on a certain console of a certain brand, no transfers, no backups, then it suddenly disappears from the library and nothing can be done.

If media companies insist on draconian DRM, then they should pay for full refunds to their loyal customers when one day they decide to delist that specific show.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Modern consoles are a scam.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I stopped buying'em when they started charging for 2nd internet.

Fucking rubes ruin everything I swear lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I still like having a console strictly for games, but not for media stuff. Plus since it’s an Xbox, you can subscribe to Game Pass and treat every game as a rental.

That doesn’t do anything to help game preservation though, which sucks. But between the sheer volume of games and the “every game is a rental” attitude, I treat new games as a one-time experience that I probably won’t care about returning to.

Fortunately though, the games I care most about having access to forever are easily backed up and can be played with an emulator if necessary.