Re: Even Epic Knows Their Client Sucks

On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:02:32 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:05:54 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
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On 14/06/2025 00:46, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

As loathe as I am to compliment Valve... the Family Sharing/is/
pretty good. I use it not only to share my account with other family
members (two of whom are quite some distance away from me, yet Valve
hasn't raised an eyebrow), but also to share my games with my other
computers (so I can play two games simultaneously in the same
household... which sometimes happens when I'm benchmarking, or when
I've friends over).

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I remember when Netflix said they were going to start cracking down on
account sharing outside of a household and the amount of moaning about
how unfair it was. To me it seemed quite simple, it was never intended
for that (I think that's entirely reasonable) so you really can't
complain.

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^This
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The entitled desire of some to justify their "free lunch" is staggering.
Same goes for piracy and illegal mass distribution of copyrighted works.
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Other services *do* offer a sharing option. It's often a little bit more
money. That's how it works. That Valve does it for free is a blessing.

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Goes both ways though.
When Netflix started, they did not segregate by country, then suddenly
Canadian subscribers could no longer access the main servers, but
instead a Canadian Netflix containing about 2/3rds of the content, for
the same subscription.
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Yup. Then you can discontinue your subscription to express your
displeasure. Or suck it up. Or subscribe two months out of the year.

But if they decide to cut costs that way, it's the nature of the beast.
You get what you get. That's the devil's bargain. This is why I still own
physical media for the stuff I really want.

If content distributors continue to randomly *disappear* shows, the
piracy thing will start up again in full swing. Especially if it is
unavailable on media.

For example: Max just disappeared the original Chopped after we'd been
watching for years. We were halfway through "Volume 2." No warning. Gone.
So now I'm looking to see how much the DVDs cost.

If they're not available? Hmm. What then? Hmm. I wonder? Hmm.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC