This should be of interest to anyone with any degree of involvement in software/digital content in general, as gaming has set off multiple predatory trends throughout the industry (see tiered subscription models, preorders, online-only, FOMO purchases, etc.)
Plus this thing has been happening for a while with digital content. I’m thinking here of music, as Amon Tobin, for example, has a couple of songs which cannot be obtained legally, or even streamed online, due to copyright shenanigans (if I’m not mistaken, Nissan holds the rights to Easy Muffin and Four Ton Mantis since around the mid-2000s, as they were used in a couple of commercials…).
It’s pretty much in line with right to repair and similar initiatives as well, everything that’s sold should be made to maximize longevity and use, while the last ~50 years have seen a focus on making people spend as much as possible, with products that are made to be replaced as frequently as users will tolerate.
For the same reason we need regulate all the IoT crap that’s been proliferating all over.
This should be of interest to anyone with any degree of involvement in software/digital content in general, as gaming has set off multiple predatory trends throughout the industry (see tiered subscription models, preorders, online-only, FOMO purchases, etc.)
Plus this thing has been happening for a while with digital content. I’m thinking here of music, as Amon Tobin, for example, has a couple of songs which cannot be obtained legally, or even streamed online, due to copyright shenanigans (if I’m not mistaken, Nissan holds the rights to Easy Muffin and Four Ton Mantis since around the mid-2000s, as they were used in a couple of commercials…).
It’s pretty much in line with right to repair and similar initiatives as well, everything that’s sold should be made to maximize longevity and use, while the last ~50 years have seen a focus on making people spend as much as possible, with products that are made to be replaced as frequently as users will tolerate.
For the same reason we need regulate all the IoT crap that’s been proliferating all over.