Yeah I’ve been on and off dabbling in downloads for probably a solid 20 years now and it never really “died”. I frequently download things like games to avoid dropping £40+ on something that might be completely worthless before I’ll throw money at it. And I know steam refunds are pretty good now but they’re not perfect and anything out of steam isn’t affected by them. Hell my most played steam game, rimworld, I initially pirated and dropped before trying again later on and buying. I’m happy to pay for things like streaming services if they actually provide something I want and I don’t have to navigate the bs. If they can’t sort out licensing then that’s not really a me problem, it’s a them problem. After Netflix started price hikes and screwing around with recommendations I dropped it.

I don’t understand how anyone could dislike solar panels, like bro it steals free energy from the fucking sun, it’s not as fun as fission but it’s still pretty good. I know everyone loves turbines and burning things but you still have to get the things to burn with fossil fuels. Meanwhile you can just put magic squares on every surface and get free power.