Companies started pushing digital content and we accepted it, Xbox GamePass has been a cancer (I am Xbox player) with all the games destroyed because of it.
Nobody can disagree that digital games is convenient, turn your PC/Console on and that is it, load the game, start playing something else, etc, without leaving your sofa.
We never thought about the consequences of that, look what happened with DVD, Bluray had luck coz its post-peak era happened by the time people started going back to physical disks over streaming services and the downfall of such services.
This is also related to how everything nowadays is digital, requires subscription which removes features like BMW heated seats, firmware update and what not.
Companies made us addicted to everything digital, that gives them full control, higher price for less, Amazon Prime without ADs requires a higher tier, Sygic Offline mobile app now requires higher tier to have access to features that were once part of the lower tier.
Gaming studios until recently were focused on live services over single player games, it is digital, content is behind paywall, etc and etc.
Digital DLCs over releasing a new game coz that would force physical release.
This is our fault and we might have gone past the point of no return!!