I used these guides to get set up https://www.simplehomelab.com/

You’re not wrong, it’s just nuts no one has specifically worked on a method of transferring digital licenses, which seems crazy considering how long steam and such have been around.
I know everyone hates Nfts but it’s literally made for exactly this kind of thing, verifying and transferable ownership

Yeah they’d never shill for Nintendo and fail to disclose it was an ad https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V10wHzV5zp0

I don’t see how gamepass is particularly bad, I can still buy games without it (I don’t sub to gamepass) and as long as there’s no exclusivity crap where I literally can’t play the game otherwise…
It’s nice when I want to play a game with a friend and the game happens to be on gp, thus I don’t have to buy the game for them lol.

I obviously mean with software support, though also https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/15/23960345/microsoft-cpu-gpu-ai-chips-azure-maia-cobalt-specifications-cloud-infrastructure
Because your qualm of “they gave me the tools but don’t want me to use them” is plain wrong.
It’s like playing FO3 or NV and getting upset that killing random people in a city results in everyone getting angry with you and losing karma. “They let me kill them so why should there be any consequences?”