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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by MonaroVXR on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @06:19PM (#29987563)
I've read somewhere that it wasn't always the case that something worked flawlessly on physical media.

Things are way different now.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by rckoepke on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @06:40PM (#29987792)
Indeed. The old MacAddict magazine shipped a CD with every issue. The CD contained loads of shareware/games/utilities/productivity software etc.

The CD also had a folder named "updates and patches" where you could find installers for the latest bug fixes of the most popular MacOS software.

CDs bundled with monthly magazines was a valid conduit for getting patches to users at the time.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by habeebtc on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:30PM (#29988257)
Some 360 games shipped with console updates as well. Required to be applied before you could play the game.
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