If I buy something, not only should I be allowed to keep it until I die, but I should also be allowed to pass it on to someone else after I die. I should also be allowed to give it or to sell it even before I die. That's currently impossible with many of these so-called digital purchases.
add-sub-mul-div · 6m ago
It's a huge bummer that Steam has trained a whole generation to give up their right to own a game disc they can loan, trade or resell. And see it as a good thing because now all their games are in one "place".
SillyUsername · 8h ago
Oh this I can get behind, it's my pet hate, especially when the rental is taken away.
Some slogans used to say "to buy and keep".
- Why would you buy it and not keep it? The word "Keep" is clearly used to manipulate you into thinking it's the same as owning.
- Keeping something you buy (not rent) implies ownership as long as you want, not what they want, so this goes against its definition too.
A_Duck · 3h ago
Yes this needs to end
The worst part is, you can't transfer your 'purchases' to someone else, or even leave them to someone when you die.
anarticle · 2h ago
Start your archiving engines!
There is the possibility all of these laws go against the consumer. When the economy gets bad, companies invent new fun ways to make number go up. After the last few years I stopped caring about streaming media due to all the pricing tiers, coming and going of shows, and ads(!). There’s too many platforms all with their own dumb rules and tiers. Download once, your brain knows you have it. Drives are cheap, data is expensive.
type0 · 7h ago
In the world where you don't own things you buy, then you can't "steal" it either, so "pirating" becomes the only sane way to get your digital media. You'll own nothing and be happy™
Some slogans used to say "to buy and keep".
- Why would you buy it and not keep it? The word "Keep" is clearly used to manipulate you into thinking it's the same as owning.
- Keeping something you buy (not rent) implies ownership as long as you want, not what they want, so this goes against its definition too.
The worst part is, you can't transfer your 'purchases' to someone else, or even leave them to someone when you die.