Try Vintage Story. It’s focused on progression and it takes ages (in a good way) to do anything.

I think in the pixel remasters for Final Fantasy 1-6 you can disable random battles but then you have to play on easy.

Invest in a DAC instead of a cheap dongle.

I think part of it might be that DVDs are easier to find used or just cheaper new. GenZ isn’t really rolling in cash and in my area for example used stores rarely if ever carry Blu-ray.

There is a bit of a romantic feeling in only having a physical copy of a photo though, and Polaroids are the easiest ones to do this with.

Oh shit lol. I should stop responding before having coffee!

It’s more like old iTunes and the like. No subscription, just buy albums. Artists define the price, and keep the majority of their revenue with some Fridays being Bandcamp Fridays where they get to keep all the revenue. You can download everything you own or you can stream it from the website or app on your phone also.

Only real downside with Bandcamp is that you won’t find some artists there but it all depends on what you listen to and want to find.