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I understand if you don't have the CD they can remove your access to it arbritarily like when they lose the license but

Nobody ever complains about Steam and they have a similar policy of no physical media going back decades. I have hundreds of gamed accumulated on Steam and no game of mine has ever been removed.

I bought the cheaper Xbox last year to play Overcooked with my girlfriend and it has no physical media. I just download and play games no problem. I actually find it more convenient not to have any physical games.

So I guess the question is- what is the reason for the strong rejection of the digital version? It is the natural evolution of these things.

People believe just because someone interacts with some sort of digital device, it makes you an expert on computers. The thing is, it depends on the type of operating system you are interacting with.

For example when I was young, my father would buy those big old gray computers from yard sales. I would mix and match the pieces inside to build my own PC. I broke a lot of shit but learned a lot.

The operating system was one where you more or less had total control over the computer. By 12~13 I was using CD-Roms to load different Linux distros and play around with all sorts of different things.

This experience basically taught me how operating systems work at a fundamental level. How it needs a kernel, how it loads and maintains services, packages, etc. How file systems work and learning how terminals are useful. Scripting languages, and eventually coding applications.

Compare and contrast that to the young kids of today. What do they get? A phone and a tablet. You can't open it up. You can't tinker with it. The OS is closed off and is deliberately made as difficult as possible to modify. No mouse, no keyboard. Streamlined UIs with guard rails.

You get what you get and you don't get upset. That doesn't leave nearly as much room for exploration and curiosity. It's a symptom of our computers becoming more and more railroaded. More and more control by large companies.

It's really sad, I think. Fairly soon I believe every device will be a "thin device" or essentially a chrome book. Very little local processing power and instead it'll essentially stream from a server.

There are laws against excessive fees like this. In my home state of Florida, a landlord cannot charge more than 20% the rent in late fees.

And trust me, Florida is not known for its consumer protections. So chances are your state has a similar law which is probably better.

So if I were you I would look up the law and not pay.

Assuming of course you are telling the full truth- your full rent payment was late for a short period of time.

Personally I prefer subscription model over ad-based data tracking model. When you get something for free, you are the product being sold. For example Facebook or Reddit. Your content (comments, media) is used to populate the site and your data is sold to advertisers.

When you pay a subscription, you are the customer. There's more incentive to create a proper service with the actual users in mind when it's a subscription model.

When advertisers are the primary customer, they will always be a priority in determining policy. So for example YouTube- longer ads and more of them.

Of course, I think Google is guilty of double dipping. We pay for premium but I'm certain they still sell our data to advertisers. For example you watch a lot of carpentry videos, they will sell a list with your name that says "likely tool buyer" or something along those lines.

But generally speaking, I never mind paying a subscription for a service. It's more honest, more clear what's going on.

I just pay for premium. I'd rather pay the $25 a month to never have to see an ad.

A) like I said it's a prerequisite to move around millions of people. You need to first collect all of them, put them in camps. And then you would need something like 10% of all airline capacity working round the clock 24/7 for a year in order to move everyone out.

We would need camps. Deporting everyone would mean camps. Like I said- be very clear of what you're suggesting.

B) us gov gives ITIN for people to pay taxes and illegals do. Hard to find a job when most places require i9 and participate in e-verify.

It's easy to start a company, get an ITIN, and work as a subcontractor though. Believe me, vast swathes of our construction industry work in this manner.

C) it is not a criminal act, like getting a speeding ticket is not a criminal act. These people commit dramatically less crime than native-born Americans.

We should secure the border and deport every single one of them. That's how a functional country operates. You can't have a country if you don't defend your borders.

That actually isn't how the US functioned for most of its history. The "illegals" today would have been regular immigrants for the majority of this country's history.

A functional country operates on what is best for the country. Normalizing their status and improving the immigration system is what would actually be done if our country was "functional"

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A) we're talking about the federal government creating camps and sticking millions of people in them. I want that to be very clear. That is a necessary prerequisite to move around millions of people. Remind you of any other period of time in history? Say.. 1930s?

B) these are people that contribute positively to the economy. They

a) pay taxes without pulling from the system b) work jobs that Americans don't want to do, leading to lower costs for businesses (and by extension, the consumers) c) stimulate local demand for goods and services by buying stuff from stores, going to restaurants, etc

C) these are people intertwined with the country. Many illegals have been here for years, majority of which have never committed any crime. The only reason their documents haven't been normalized is because it's impossible. The current US immigration system is broken and simply does not allow for the quantity and type of immigration that the economy needs. So the black market fills the void.

My opinion: we should take a page from Reagan and give the millions of illegals amnesty. At least the ones that haven't committed crimes & have paid their taxes.

Then fix the broken immigration system by making it easier for people to come here legally.

We could get rid of illegals in a few months. The people in power don't want that. Illegals are too useful as scapegoats for imaginary problems, and they are also too useful as cheap labor.

They will not actually get rid of illegals because labor price would shoot up which would lead to a massive inflation shock. We're literally just repeating the 1930s. Economy goes to shit, people aren't happy, what do you do?

Find a scapegoat. The problem is Republicans are playing with fire. They think they can control the flames they are fanning but it can pass a point of no return very quickly. I think it already has. Evidence being that even the Democrats are becoming anti-immigrant

I support the number pad as well. I type in numbers into spreadsheets often enough that it's useful for me.

If we were to delete, I'd say get rid of the F1 keys, get rid of Home / End, get rid of Num lock, etc.

Construction he promised to halt. Instead he wanted a photoshoot with CBP

Dems have been promising reform and help for decades now and there's nada. Biden even expanded construction of "the Wall" tm and Kamala is promising border security. Nada about the plight of the 10-15 million people living in the shadow.

As the Overton Window shifts further and further to the right, both parties become hostile.

If nobody makes any effort to be around you then maybe you're just unpleasant to be around. If you're a negativity Nancy, Mr woe is me... I'd avoid you too.

Just life your life without expectations and enjoy yourself. It's not that complicated.