If the physical media game requires a server connection, how is it ownership, exactly? The corpo can still effectively take away the product from you by shutting down the servers. Or banning you.
“Plastic stuff” doesn’t give you rights. Laws give you rights.
The discussion isn’t about a specific platform, it’s about physical vs digital media. Therefore you didn’t answer the question.
If you’re getting stuck on the “but it’s GOG, it’s different”, replace that with literally any other digital distribution platform, because that is irrelevant to the question.
What does physical media actually give you?
The ability to trade or barter it again after purchase.
A shortcut to actual ownership
If the physical media game requires a server connection, how is it ownership, exactly? The corpo can still effectively take away the product from you by shutting down the servers. Or banning you.
“Plastic stuff” doesn’t give you rights. Laws give you rights.
We actively avoid those games that require server connections
Thankfully, not all games need to phone home
So?
Those games distributed through a platform like GOG also won’t phone home, so where’s the difference?
GOG don’t sell games on consoles?
Are you just refusing to answer the question because you know you would have to cede your point…?
I did answer, the difference is GOG don’t sell games for consoles, so GOG alone are not the solution.
The discussion isn’t about a specific platform, it’s about physical vs digital media. Therefore you didn’t answer the question.
If you’re getting stuck on the “but it’s GOG, it’s different”, replace that with literally any other digital distribution platform, because that is irrelevant to the question.