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no matter how you cut it, they are taking a heavy toll from the consumer, and they aren't giving anything in return other than their misguided attempts at what they think gaming is supposed to be

Yes, this is a new requirement for its scale, but we’ve been heading down this road ever since consoles were a thing, and especially since personal computing rolled around and consoles were still a thing. The whole point always was to keep the system locked.