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Wow that's crazy... you buy something yet but you don't own it. It's a bit like cellphones, I guess.

• abritinthebay 8y ago
  ... I own my cellphone. What are you referring to?
  • trumped 8y ago
    locked bootloaders/etc... They claim it's for security but they don't give you a choice.
    • abritinthebay 8y ago
      That has zero to do with ownership - unless you think the code on every embedded chip should be 100% open and accessible in user-space. Which would be a security nightmare.
• invaliduser 8y ago
  What you buy is a temporary licence to use a domain, the fact that you need to renew it every year or so is a good sign that nobody "owns" a domain name (and that it was designed this way, with a limit on the number of years you can buy)