I think that it’s also got to do something with the fact that you don’t have to have your laptop in your hands to still be able to use it. The phone needs your constant attention to function, while the laptop only needs it when you want to change something.

Wait, does that imply that PSN users can’t even play the games that they bought and paid for without connecting to the internet?

One day, Steamworks will also crap itself and we’ll find ourselves in the exact same situation. But that day isn’t today!

Those books couldn’t all be in only plaintext. I’m certain that many of them are also scans.

Microsoft bundles all of their software in a way that makes it much more expensive to pick and choose which software you want from Microsoft and which one you would want from someone else. It’s a very similar strategy to that of Adobe.