[georgeecollins]

I think the real problem is platform holders like Microsoft, Apple and Google, that create a lot of rules (or APIs) it hard for software to continue working without constant updates. They will say it is to support new features or security, which is occasionally true. But mostly I believe it is because they like to have a lot of telemetry on users, want to keep apps sticky in their eco system and they like you go back to the store. The worst thing for them is an open source game with no online component that you download once and play forever.

The rest of it could be taken care of with consumer choice, but effectively you don't have a choice with the big platforms.

[tossandthrow]

In that case it is easy: don't sell ownership, allow people to rent

[beAbU]

This is what Gamepass does.