> but that doesn’t happen Doesn't happen yet. Entire industries are trying to bypass basic property law so you "own" your purchases in name only and the manufa

> but that doesn’t happen Doesn't happen yet. Entire industries are trying to bypass basic property law so you "own" your purchases in name only and the manufacturer has control de facto. The video game industry has been saying "buy or product" when they really mean "subscribe to our service"[1] for a long time. Bricking old multiplayer gamed had been common practice for years, and now some singleplayer games have been unnecessarily bricked when the publisher e.g. shut down the DRM server. Companies like John Deere have been extending this strategy into their hardware for a while. The damage doesn't even have to be "bricking your device"; HN regularly features stories about forced updates that remove paid-for features. > Have Apple pull something like this and you’ll see on the NYT. Apple got close when their devices suddenly stopped running 3rd party software in the recent "OCSP Apocalypse". [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw