I feel you (pause) on this, because I still cop all the media I want to hold and OWN outright, physical to this day. Just copped Unicorn Overlord for the low, Alan Wake 2 Physical around Christmas, and Bombrush Cyberfunk the moment it goes to disc. Everything else you said, I get you on that too and I won't argue the semantics towards who's right/wrong on that either.
I'm always in the mix arguing with cum coloured cacs on Social media about Preservation/emulation and game ownership since I too, ain't down with the "long term lease" shyt studios like Ubisoft and and Activision wanna force down the throats of the gaming community, telling us we need to "Get used to the idea" of not owning 70 dollar games that need microtransactions to function, either.