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   anna (navi@social.vlhl.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 04:54:17 JST anna
   > But let's be honest with ourselves. Physical game releases have been dying out gradually for years
   
   yes, that's true
   
   > This is called "sharing things," and it's how owning stuff has worked for as long as people have owned stuff.
   
   but... you don't own the game in a "game-key card"...
   
   > But it's something that's being steadily eroded in the streaming and digital download age, when companies and a certain kind of Internet commenter/social media poster will pedantically explain to you that you are not buying a thing, you are buying a license to view or use a thing.
   
   my friend you're advocating for literally the expansion of the concept of "you'll own nothing and you'll like it"
   
   advocate for actual ownership of digital data instead please, don't fall for nor accept this corpo bullshit
   
   RE: https://mastodon.social/users/arstechnica/statuses/114297729148255766
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 04:54:16 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @navi
     > > But it's something that's being steadily eroded in the streaming and digital download age, when companies and a certain kind of Internet commenter/social media poster will pedantically explain to you that you are not buying a thing, you are buying a license to view or use a thing.
     
     Heh journo moment, the pedantry is because there's a difference between buying rights to access (renting) and buying the rights to keep it (owning).
     Specially as DRM-free (physical or not) don't mean you get any more rights than usage. Just like how you can buy a paper book and keep it, and not have the rights to sell access or copies.
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     trucy 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 (trucy@girlcock.club)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 04:54:29 JST trucy 🏳️‍⚧️🔞

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     @navi that's why people pirate things, to get back some consumers rights.

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