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Xbox and PlayStation have both proved our impending all-digital future is going to be awful
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No, but PC is open hardware and open OS. What PC gamers expect from console hardware requires jailbreak.
PCs can run on hardware people assembled themselves. And programs can run on different operating systems.
Consoles are locked down, don't let you install a completely different OS, don't let you install whatever programs you want, and most importantly do their best to prevent you from having competing platforms on it. It's so locked down they even paywall multiplayer for games that have no paywall on PC. The hardware doesn't feel owned, but a rental with strings attached with no workarounds other than hoping a exploit comes out.
That's why digital is less an issue on PC than consoles due to hardware you control. On consoles you don't control your hardware but at least discs brought back some control on that end with games that can't have ownership revoked and is transferable. But, now that sole benefit of control for consoles is disappearing.