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Then the button should say “License” and not “Buy” or “Purchase”.

quickthrowman 4y ago
I agree with your sentiment, but you can buy or purchase a license, unfortunately. I skip these licensing games and pirate video content. I pay for music and video games (not Ubisoft) because those industries have made it just as easy as piracy as well as reasonably affordable.
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  Someone has never had Valve disappear a game they paid for from their Steam library.
- ryukafalz 4y ago
  Sure you can, but if you asked the average person on the street what they thought they were buying when they clicked that button, the response you’d get is “the movie”, not “a license to watch the movie”.
izacus 4y ago
And what kind of meaningful difference would it make when all the buttons in all the stores (including ones selling physical media) would say "License Now"?
- WesolyKubeczek 4y ago
  There is a difference between a physical medium and digital one. You can read it all the time, you can resell it, you can tear it apart if you like, and the store cannot ever trespass on your property to take it back because they went out of business or they want to charge you recurrently or something.
- causi 4y ago
  It would tank their sales until they offered actual purchases will full consumer rights like reselling.
  - scrollaway 4y ago
    Haha. Maybe it would cut into them a tiny bit but no, it wouldn't "tank their sales", what on earth makes you think it would?
    - corrral 4y ago
      The companies think it makes enough of a difference to be worth lying. So I think it's worth forcing them to stop lying. You're probably right that it wouldn't have a catastrophic effect, but it might be enough that they do reconsider things.
      - scrollaway 4y ago
        The bar for companies to lie is ridiculously low. Especially the bar for SONY to lie. If they're not legally obligated to tell the truth about something, they'll bullshit around it even if the difference is a fraction of a percent positive.
    - ryukafalz 4y ago
      Then surely it wouldn’t be a problem for them to change the wording, yes? And they wouldn’t object to legislation requiring this more accurate labeling?
JohnBooty 4y ago
You are buying (a license) Not defending their behavior. In fact I hate their license!

I agree with your sentiment, but you can buy or purchase a license, unfortunately. I skip these licensing games and pirate video content. I pay for music and video games (not Ubisoft) because those industries have made it just as easy as piracy as well as reasonably affordable.

InitialLastName 4y ago
Someone has never had Valve disappear a game they paid for from their Steam library.
ryukafalz 4y ago
Sure you can, but if you asked the average person on the street what they thought they were buying when they clicked that button, the response you’d get is “the movie”, not “a license to watch the movie”.

izacus 4y ago

And what kind of meaningful difference would it make when all the buttons in all the stores (including ones selling physical media) would say "License Now"?

WesolyKubeczek 4y ago
There is a difference between a physical medium and digital one. You can read it all the time, you can resell it, you can tear it apart if you like, and the store cannot ever trespass on your property to take it back because they went out of business or they want to charge you recurrently or something.
causi 4y ago
It would tank their sales until they offered actual purchases will full consumer rights like reselling.
- scrollaway 4y ago
  Haha. Maybe it would cut into them a tiny bit but no, it wouldn't "tank their sales", what on earth makes you think it would?
  - corrral 4y ago
    The companies think it makes enough of a difference to be worth lying. So I think it's worth forcing them to stop lying. You're probably right that it wouldn't have a catastrophic effect, but it might be enough that they do reconsider things.
    - scrollaway 4y ago
      The bar for companies to lie is ridiculously low. Especially the bar for SONY to lie. If they're not legally obligated to tell the truth about something, they'll bullshit around it even if the difference is a fraction of a percent positive.
  - ryukafalz 4y ago
    Then surely it wouldn’t be a problem for them to change the wording, yes? And they wouldn’t object to legislation requiring this more accurate labeling?

JohnBooty 4y ago

You are buying (a license) Not defending their behavior. In fact I hate their license!