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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by inigyou on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:02AM (#49168301)
They already did though. Sony removed your movies from your PlayStation. And every Blu-Ray player can brick itself if you insert a disk with a player blacklist update.
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by ssl-3 on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:20AM (#49168574)
> And every Blu-Ray player can brick itself if you insert a disk with a player blacklist update.

That seems to be somewhat of a myth.

Discussion here, 37 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698374

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