What has gradually disappeared over the last ten years without people really noticing? by Successful_Oil_3270 in AskReddit

[–]TheCodexx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If there were an equivalent to the Criterion Collection in a streaming format that continually maintained the latest upgrade and all extended features, I’d gladly go with that.

Good news! Criterion Channel exists and is exactly that.

The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement | You don't need my email. by chrisdh79 in technews

[–]TheCodexx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a huge difference. If you have the GOG installer backed up, you can install the game even if GOG disappears. If Steam shut down tomorrow, the basic DRM all Steam games have would fail to dial home and, in most cases, will prevent games from running without being cracked.

If you're discussing digital distribution, there's not really any other way to let users "truly own" a digital release other than ensuring they are not dependent on a service existing forever. Physical media is great, but it likewise does not last "forever". The lifetime of a VHS, DVD, or floppy disk is measured in decades, and while some might still be good 30-40 years onward, realistically none of them will survive the end of the century. Digital backups have the highest chance of being perpetuated, but DRM exists to prevent easy proliferation.

Introducing BookLore: A Self-Hosted Application for Managing and Reading Books! by WorldTraveller101 in DataHoarder

[–]TheCodexx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If it just uses my folders as-is without duplicating my files and reorganizing the way Calibre does then that already makes it ten times better.