(apologies for going off on a tangent...)

Ugh, don't get me started. I can't bring myself to buy a new SSD cause I apparently got lucky with my timing.
2023-02 : Crucial MX500 4TB - $240
2024-08 : Crucial BX500 4TB - $210

Today:
Crucial MX500 4TB - unavailable
Crucial MX500 2TB (HALF THE SIZE) - $280
Crucial BX500 4TB - $480

In 2023, that 4TB was just to get by until I could get a bigger SSD. Where are those!??!? 8tb ones are around $3500+, and anything larger seems to be a PCIe card around $10k+. I get the lack of availability, but why aren't there larger capacity ones in production?

The hairspray suggestion made elsewhere seemed like a safer and easier gamble. Blocking it with something would at least be littering - might as well take it out at that point.

A dongle isn't really any different. Buy "digital" game, download enabling blob (license key, whatever) and do some signing stuff so it's tied to your machine and online knows, download and use game enabled by that just as you would by said dongle. Transferring it needs solved, but isn't all that complicated - export to a USB key or use a license server, deregister from your machine, register it on a new machine.

Most of that already happens. You can migrate your games to a new machine already. Just need to be able to do so selectively and to another account.

Haven't on the consoles for a long time. If they solved (or are forced to solve) resale, you'd kinda own the license at least. I'm not claiming it's ideal, but it's certainly possible and a hell of a lot better than without that ability.

GOG is an alternative that bypasses all this bullshit? Why not mention solutions to problems.

100% agree, except that you CAN boycott them - don't get a new Playstation at all. Make them solve resale first. They should have solved it in the either of the last 2 or 3 versions.

If it weren't for the RAM shortage, I'd be certain PC gaming would be coming back strong (possibly on Linux/Steam).

Nintendo is a poor case study for this. My anecdote - had a PS3, then a Nintendo Switch, and I decided to get the Switch 2 because:
1. performance improvement for one game I played somewhat frequently
2. two games that said they were coming to switch 2
Well, number 1 happened, but it still works on the old switch too. The two new games I was looking forward to canceled their plans for the Switch 2 (Borderlands4 and GTA6).

Doesn't surprise me at all that Switch2 owners are buying 20yr old gmes; There's hardly anything new available that isn't crap.

To add insult to injury, Switch2 is backward compatible, but they charge for the "enhanced" Switch2 updates! Free-to-play games treat their users better.

They're probably trying to avoid the "in the cloud" phrase. But you're right; "Cloud" was abused and misused all over.

I can't remember the last time I got a game on disk that didn't wind up downloading the whole damn thing again as an update. So, for that part, I don't know if this really matters. Fancy boxes and maps and accessories can still be sold.

Resale should be the discussion point here, not the disks/media. Maybe backlash from this will be enough for the next next version to implement something that would enable that. How hard could it be to share a license key anyway?

This implies that the issue was already fully tested and it's a black and white issue now. We're all still debating it as we speak. I think it's clear that many would interpret the constitution et. al. to mean that this would be a violation. Regardless, new amendments can be passed - it's not like the founders could have foreseen such a thing - and the supreme court could rule and establish that it is unconstitutional.

I think you hit on an important point though - if it were deemed to be a constitutional violation, what would come of all those that were convicted based on evidence obtained by said violation? That may be a big enough hurdle that lawmakers, judges, and even most people wouldn't want to touch it.

Counter point : what part of the constitution grants the government the right to perform mass surveillance on the public?

FTFY

I reject that notion. As was written 250 years ago:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ..."

Unalienable rights belong to you by nature and cannot be sold, traded, or removed by any government.

That doesn't change the result here, but I think it's important to start from that position so we can, as you noted, "fight sufficiently to protect that idea". It can mean the difference between arguing about how a law is implemented versus arguing that the law is wrong, unjust, or invalid. That CBP can violate ones rights with impunity does not nullify those rights - they're just getting away with the violation. It can even be legislated and adjudicated in the governments favor, but those rights remain.

TBH, if GrapheneOS was in more widespread use, or if similar features were available on the other major platforms, then we could ALL setup and use duress codes in such cases. That would put a kibosh on them trusting peoples PINs and would exercise our rights.

I'm a bit curious how such a wipe differs from doing a preemptive wipe? Cause that's the advice I've heard EFF and such use for ages now - don't bring your actual phone, or wipe it before getting on the plane. I do understand that they had the phone in their possession, and border stuff means that could be considered evidence, and lying to law enforcement can be illegal, and this could be construed as destroying evidence... but the end result is identical. How long before they deny entry if you don't have phone with lots of history and social and such?

You say, "No", but then describe being OK with exactly what I'm proposing. IE: the toggle to AUTOMATICALLY install drivers and companion software should default to disabled. That does NOT mean that it should do absolutely nothing when you plug in a device. I'm referring to the same toggle you mentioned, which is not the one for plug and play in general. The user should be prompted for Admin permissions before anything is installed.

No. The issue is that said toggle should default to disabled, thus prompting the user when installing things with admin permission.

I'm making an assumption, but TFS notes that it directs you to look in various directions. If it varies what directions it asks for, that can be used to ensure it's not simply a prerecorded video.

Though a live AI generated video for it would entail too much lag at the moment, that still seems like a huge weakness. Even worse, if they're saving these videos, then THEY can easily create a video of your login motions in any order. It's essentially enough info to build a full 3d model of your face. That means they could use it to login to OTHER sites on your behalf, unlike locally saved and verified biometric data.