You, like many people, are too focused on the used game thing. That's the least of this thing's faults in my eyes.
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No, I just don't see things as either/or. If it has games, I buy. If not, I don't. I am not going to avoid games I want because of some dumb ass shit like OMG Origin is not Steam
And consumers like you are why corporations in various industries run rampant.
But all you are doing is picking and choosing what you like and then saying everyone should feel the same way as you and if they don't they are unprincipled consumers.
Yea, I don't buy import games so why should I care about region locking?
The reason you'd want principles as a game player and a consumer is to set the expectations for the producers and purveyors. They will keep pushing the boundaries of good taste and acceptable breaches of privacy if you just throw money at a game that you might like despite the other shit going on. I would think this is obvious.
Whoever gets Tekken X Street Fighter (or Tekken 7) gets my money, regardless of anything else that's going on. Would I like a PC version of that? Hell yes I would.
You and Diff just said you don't apply principles to this. I'm not calling you anything you didn't call yourselves.
And I am not sure how completely removing all flexibility and consumer choice are just "things [I don't] like." They are things anyone paying attention should not like.
If you value the game much more than everything else, then that stuff doesn't mean much. I am not going to avoid games because of that. Sorry.