Lee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]technology
arrow-up1766arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square178fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]technology
minus-square@jordanlundlinkEnglish65•1 year agoPlaystation keeps reminding us that digital ownership is not ownership.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•1 year agoObligatory if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoYeah. Digital ownership is very convenient. Sony’s model is loanership or something
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year ago“You will own nothing and be happy” Except they forgot the “be happy” part.
minus-square@Viking_HippielinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat’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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 year agoIn 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, not even Sony could take it away.
Playstation keeps reminding us that digital ownership is not ownership.
Obligatory if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing
Yep. Rental is the more accurate term.
Yeah. Digital ownership is very convenient. Sony’s model is loanership or something
It’s all loanership, no matter which platform.
You own what you pirate
…and what you buy in a DRM-free form.
“You will own nothing and be happy”
Except they forgot the “be happy” part.
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.
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, not even Sony could take it away.