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Cake day: June 18th, 2023
  • We still value the culture of physical media
    But do we really?
    IDK personally I haven’t used physical media for anything for literally 20 years now.
    For almost a decade I didn’t really read books, but with big screen smartphones I’ve actually begun reading books again. 😀

    I surely don’t miss any aspect of physical media, although I can see how it’s great for for instance swapping games.
    On the other hand I can have as many books ready to read at any time on my phone as I want.
    Most of my games are on Steam and GOG, and I find that way more convenient than having a wall of old discs to search if I want to play an older game.

    physical media is still important, though digital distribution is “crucial”

    Yes that’s what the headline should have reflected.

  • It’s weird how different this hits, here in Denmark our household has felt literally nothing. We drive electric, and consume zero oil/gas as a household. And prices of groceries have remained stable.
    80% of new car sales in Denmark are electric. So I bet the situation for most here is similar. Norway and Sweden is the same, and other countries that have relatively low dependence on oil probably don’t feel it much either.

    On paper the shortage on oil now is as bad as it was during the oil crisis in the 70’s. Where it was forbidden to drive cars on Sundays, and every other street light was turned off.
    But this time, most Scandinavians barely notice.
    But of course if this continues it will have an impact on the global economy, and that will hit us all.