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[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You realize dlc stands for downloadable content, right?

[–] jsnfwlr@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You realise DLC was originally referred to an expansion that was released a while after a game's initial release. But now game developers are pulling half the features from a game, with those features being put in a DLC instead.

So the original comment labeling the practice of a feature being pulled from the original product and put into a separate product is apt and valid.

[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... the fact that I realize this is why I think it's a weird way to use the term.

Headphones are not downloadable. They're not even software. Also I don't game all that much anymore but I've yet to play a game where I "needed" a dlc, I don't think I've ever even bought one.

I have, on the other hand, bought 100 pairs of headphones

[–] jsnfwlr@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get that analogies exist right?

The original commenter used the term "DLC" to paint a pretty precise mental picture. And you got hung up on the semantics.

[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a clunky analogy. I stand by that, and rightly so.

It's actually less of an analogy and more of a "look I'm a cool nerd too" type comment