• Blaster M
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    283 months ago

    Except it would take 3 literal months to download it (stupid home internet with a 1.25TB data cap)

    • @[email protected]
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      103 months ago

      Goodness, do you live in Australia or something? Are there any better options, or can you not afford them? My spoiled and priveleged self has trouble comprehending a data cap on my internet plan.

      • Blaster M
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        United States. They have data caps because their backbone isn’t powerful enough for 2gbps home internet they prefer to offer more value to customers

        • @ArtVandelay
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          73 months ago

          You forgot “and they’re greedy fuck pigs”

          • Blaster M
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            33 months ago

            well, that’s a given

        • @whats_all_this_then
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          13 months ago

          Do they also pull the “fair use” bullshit out their asses like our ISPs?

    • @[email protected]
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      63 months ago

      And if you go to the store and buy it in person, it’ll be a empty cd case with a serial key to download.

      • @[email protected]
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        63 months ago

        or with a CD that installs a downloader, that is actually a background service always starting with the OS, and a few other bloatware to not waste CD space

        except that almost nobody has a CD drive anymore. so it must be a pendrive instead that was forced to read-only access

    • @whats_all_this_then
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      Can I ask what country so I can avoid it like the plague?
      Ah yes, good ol’ US of A. Why am I not surprised?

      My ISP recently introduced data caps on unlimited (they throttle you to 4Mbit if you go past ~300GB or 500, not sure). I already wanted to leave but that’s really lighting a fire under me to move the fuck out of here.

      • @[email protected]
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        3 months ago

        ? I’ve never had a data cap and I’m in the US. Many areas now have alternatives to cable/DSL. I have fiber-backed Ethernet at the wall, and my city is rolling out muni-fiber, and we’re honestly kind of late to the game compared to my local area.

        Shop around, maybe you have more options now.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      Ah shit. That would suck. Personally I could start the download and have the game the next day. Which is roughly what it took to torrent a 4 GiB game back in the day if there weren’t enough seeds.