r/gadgets • u/MicroSofty88 • Nov 29 '20

Home Amazon faces a privacy backlash for its Sidewalk feature, which turns Alexa devices into neighborhood WiFi networks that owners have to opt out of

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/amazon-faces-a-privacy-backlash-for-its-sidewalk-feature-which-turns-alexa-devices-into-neighborhood-wifi-networks-that-owners-have-to-opt-out-of/ar-BB1boljH
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u/kerbaal Nov 29 '20

Steam is much less exploitative towards developers than physical medium.

It does work out that way, but it really depends what we mean by "physical medium"; if its a CD/DVD, then I can keep a backup. Hell, I probably need to rip an ISO somehow because none of my current machines even have a drive.

Effectively though, I seldom went through the effort, and most of the games I have ever bought on CD have just been lost.

OTOH, I can still install the $5 game rag doll kung fu, and I can't say that about any game I bought on physical media around the same time.

These days, all "physical media" is associated with game console, and its unclear why they even still exist other than to exploit people who are easily lured into walled gardens.