Idk, same reason older generations liked TV so much. Keep in mind they had to air the "It's X o'clock, do you know where your kids are" commercial because they literally were glued to the TV. So when an older person says some shit about video games, remind them of this.
The DB don't even store passwords, but a hash of a user's password. When someone logs in, their password is hashed and compared to what's stored in the DB. If they match, entry is granted.
Passwords stored as one-way hashes are cracked by generating passwords and running them against the same hash algorithm, like sha256, sha-1 or md5 if you're especially shitty at protecting information. Same hash = same password in most cases. The cracking is done using GPUs because they accelerate at those types of functions. This doesn't even consider salted hashes which make the process more difficult for an attacker.
You do this locally so that you don't lock a username out or trip alerts or become noticed by someone until you're ready to gain access.
Calling it here: if the TikTok ban actually starts, he'll whine he's being persecuted and they're out for him, even though he knew about the bans possibility long in advance.
+1 to steam sales being more worthwhile back then. I 1000% understand the ownership thing. I don't think most people had to consider what digital purchases really could mean until Sony pulled purchased content out of people's libraries.
I personally don't think Steam is comparable to Sony apart from digital purchases. Steam or Valve aren't beholden to large share holders because they aren't publicly traded, I don't think they'll have the same objectives as Sony and prioritize their users instead of public shareholders.
I'd be happier if dedicated servers became the norm again for developers. Games wouldn't disappear at the flick of a switch when servers are decommissioned.
How has steam experience been for you? I've been on steam for about 20 years and don't recall they doing anything the likes of Sony doing to their customers.
Yeah, I'm not ruling out Israel unknowingly killing their own (or even knowingly I guess) but I think regardless if an explanation (that's true) by either was possible, it'd be better.
I heard that the sun is a deadly laser, ya learn something new all the time