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[-] grue@lemmy.world 128 points 1 month ago

Breaking Linux support after-the-fact ought to be grounds for a full refund (no matter how much time or hours of play have passed). Valve ought to allow such refunds and forcibly debit Rockstar's Steam publisher account, whether Rockstar likes it or not.

[-] Album@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Rockstar doesn't officially support Linux though... So it's on valve that they certified it for steam deck. There's no grounds for charging that back to r*

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 49 points 1 month ago

I disagree. I bought a game for all the features it had at the time of buying it. There is no avenue for a consumer to push back against publishers changing that

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

While if you bought it, it should be source included and you should be able to host your own servers/pick any patch to play on

We don’t have those consumer protections because software is a relatively new thing

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The first generation of software for early stored-program digital computers in the late 1940s

80 years isn't "new"

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It really wasn’t a consumer constant in the 40s

[-] AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

While the other person saying 80 years is a bit much, it has been a constant for at least 40 years now.

Personal computing and software isn't new.

Edit: To clarify, 1984 (40 years ago) saw Superbowl ads for the Apple Macintosh and the advent of the CD-ROM.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You’ll have people in governments that remember a time without computers

You’ll have some that don’t understand buying is just renting because it wasn’t a thing

Even 30 years is pushing it as a widespread thing for home use 30 years ago would fall into the second group

[-] AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'll agree that 40 may be a bit too far given some of the real dinosaurs in government. That being said, dating myself here but I have very fond memories of personal computing in the early 90s, even playing games online!

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think my first notebook ran Windows 95 but I knew people that didn’t have computers

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