Comment on PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks

jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Vendul@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Obligatory if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing

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• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yep. Rental is the more accurate term.

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• boredtortoise@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah. Digital ownership is very convenient. Sony’s model is loanership or something

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  • HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s all loanership, no matter which platform.

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    • boredtortoise@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You own what you pirate

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      • HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        …and what you buy in a DRM-free form.

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “You will own nothing and be happy”

  Except they forgot the “be happy” part.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s because they don’t care about that part. Others being happy doesn’t buy them a private jet. Selling the illusion of ownership very much does.

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• beeng@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In this case. But if you owned the keys to a room in a public accessible vault, you could properly own and have access to it.

  Since its public, Sony couldn’t just take it away.

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