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Ah, another fantastic entry from you! I completely agree with all the points, particularly the one concerning online-only/SaaS/cloud/etc. services, which I find especially important. I cannot believe how willing many are these days to relinquish true ownership of their music/movies/games/software/books/etc., and place themselves entirely at the mercy of somebody else, just for the sake of convenience.

Truly, we need a return to the offline computing of the past, in which everything is installed and saved locally. I would also urge you to abandon Steam; see https://lolwut.info/gaming/pc/steam.html

It would work if you could still buy things on disc and not have to download games and software.

Thank you for your generous praise, lolwut! I've brought these points up to people IRL and the only real argument just seems to be "convenience". People just want things to be easy, and they don't want to have to think about the potential consequences of their actions.

I love your Steam article!! I only use it when it's absolutely necessary, but even that is too much. The forced updates thing has always rubbed me the wrong way, especially since there's no way to go back to old versions of games.

@bright-eyes, I really miss when that was possible. The aspect of actually owning and having control over your games/software aside, it felt very special to have physical boxes, manuals, and CDs of your favourite games around your room. I still have quite a number of such treasures from decades ago. Downloading games from a program cannot compare.