Comment on ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
experbia@lemmy.world 6 months agoI always thought it should be “unlock”, because that’s more what is happening. they’re not buying it, renting has a connotation of a fixed term ownership time, but unlock describes the action… they’ve had the movie the whole time sitting there, probably in a CDN by your house already, but you’re not allowed to see it until you pony up. it’s locked away.