jacksilver

Data centers need to run 24/7, so you aren’t able to meet the needs with just solar. Additionally Solar is very seasonal (more power during the summer).

Not saying there aren’t ways to making it work, but one natural gas plant vs a mixture of systems is probably cheaper and easier. Especially since the US is currently built around natural gas power.

Its a bad thing for two reasons:

1. It destroys any form of ownership people have over digital assets like games, movies, etc.
2. No ownership destroys the second hand market. This hurts for a number of reasons:
3. Preservation can now only be done illegally
4. Access to gaming and other media becomes more expensive
5. Large corporations get to decide what you can / cannot play. Removing games from storefronts and consoles is a lot easier than hunting down physical copies.

That being said I have no issue with digital only, we just need legislation that forces some form of “ownership” beyond just a license.

Pretty sure most countries do this now, sadly.

I’m not defending anyone, just explaining how the law is working in this scenario as people seems to have lost the ability to understand simple taxes (tariffs).

I hate comments like this. Nintendo paid an illegal tax, so they deserve a refund. Consumers got screwed by their government, not Nintendo.

Also, if you think the tariffs, AI, threat of more tariffs, Iran war, etc. haven’t increases the cost of operations for businesses then you’re not paying attention to current events.