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[–] Blaster_M 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Lawnman23 16 points 1 month ago

It’s Comcastic!

[–] Blaster_M 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You forgot "and they're greedy fuck pigs"

[–] Blaster_M 3 points 1 month ago

well, that's a given

[–] whats_all_this_then 1 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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] 6 points 1 month 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 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

~~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] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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] 1 points 1 month 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.