hey I just wanted to share that I moved to a small, remote-ish village in Greece about a year ago (born & raised in Athens, a "big" city for our standards, the biggest in Greece) and it's quite close to that.
It's been amazing although I miss ordering food online and maybe the occasional bar/coffee with friends.
It's almost inside a forest and 15' drive from both mountain and amazing beaches
Thank you for listening, I honestly hope that everyone has the choice to do the same <3
I really need to test them as well. Being ~100GB each is quite good for me, I won't need more than 100 for my whole life
I get it about stuff that you don't really care about But if I spend a day looking for a specific movie, I'm taking it to my grave
I'm so happy about steam's monopoly. I almost feel like they're there for us, they broke capitalism
exactly that, INCLUDING server-side binaries to re-create any online features
I could argue that the source code should become public domain as well but we already sound like crazy people
discs are a personal archiving solution (quite a bad one too, unless you're into m-discs n stuff) and do not solve the data accessibility issue (copying it is labor intensive and needs human interaction, in contrast to a torrent)
Just a side note that M-DISC exists which is essentially a blue ray disk with a claimed longevity of a thousand years (strong emphasis on "claimed". there's a lot of controversy around it)
but yes the only way to retain access is piracy as it allows people that didn't have the media to get it
yeap steam is the best example of a service i'd very happily pay - I've paid LOTS to them and just last month, I downloaded "have a nice death" for yuzu, played 30", loved it and insta bought it on steam. It was 25 euros but having my saves forever and being able to single click install & play is something that I value more.
you don't get to get my money AND fuck me, pick one (netflix, youtube, etc.)
not a huge difference i’d say. in athens you can get really good food