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    While if you bought it, it should be source included and you should be able to host your own servers/pick any patch to play on

    We don’t have those consumer protections because software is a relatively new thing

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      The first generation of software for early stored-program digital computers in the late 1940s

      80 years isn’t “new”

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          White the other person saying 80 years is a bit much, it has been a constant for at least 40 years now.

          Personal computing and software isn’t new.

          Edit: To clarify, 1984 (40 years ago) saw Superbowl ads for the Apple Macintosh and the advent of the CD-ROM.

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            You’ll have people in governments that remember a time without computers

            You’ll have some that don’t understand buying is just renting because it wasn’t a thing

            Even 30 years is pushing it as a widespread thing for home use 30 years ago would fall into the second group

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              I’ll agree that 40 may be a bit too far given some of the real dinosaurs in government. That being said, dating myself here but I have very fond memories of personal computing in the early 90s, even playing games online!