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> What part of a streaming movie is a physical item? The issue is telling someone this: Rent ($2.99) Rent HD ($3.99) Buy ($13.99) So I pick buy, and it sur

> What part of a streaming movie is a physical item? The issue is telling someone this: Rent ($2.99) Rent HD ($3.99) Buy ($13.99) So I pick buy, and it sure looks like I own it because the other two choices were presented as rentals. The buy option really is a "long term rental" and should have a very easy to read disclaimer under it that says: "Buy access until 12/31/2029". That way the consumer does not conclude it is a purchase, like a DVD or VHS that I own until it wears out, or forever, whichever comes first. > If you "buy" a car, and don't get a title, then yeah sure I guess the title holder can take it away. You didn't own it; you never had the title for it. I bought my car with a loan. I did get a copy of the title, with the lien-holder listed on the back. The car is mine, but I cannot sell it without the lien-holder releasing the lien. Legally, I do own the car. It is very much mine. If I fail to make payments, the lien holder may go to court, and the court can allow them to reposes (note the "re" in reposes) the vehicle. Presenting something as "buy" when it is really "rent" is unethical at best, and illegal at worst, and it needs to be litigated now.

vel0city 4y ago
> The buy option really is a "long term rental" It isn't a "long term rental", it is a limited license to use it until the service provider isn't able to provide it. There isn't a pre-defined end date you're agreeing to with this buy button. Depending on the movie, putting an end date of 2029 is actually more limiting than what many of those videos will have. I bought movies on Unbox 16 years ago which are still available today, something you'd ensure wouldn't be possible with forcing them to put an end date only 7 years away. You're literally arguing I should have had less ownership of access of the media than I currently do have. I'd like to understand how buying a streaming video license is more akin to buying a car than buying a concert ticket. You brushed it off as a bad analogy and seemingly only offered a seemingly worse one. One is directly a physical object with government backed ownership registrations, one is a limited access token to enjoy some media. Which seems more like buying a concert or theater ticket?
- indymike 4y ago
  Then you should change the buy button to license. Your analogies are bad because in both cases, no one is being deceived by the seller.
  - vel0city 4y ago
    buy: obtain for exchange of payment You're obtaining a license for exchange of payment. You're buying a license. The car isn't my analogy, it is yours. You're the one suggesting buying a license to stream movies on Amazon is like buying a car. I don't get how its more similar to that than buying a movie or concert ticket. You still haven't explained why you feel a car purchase is a better example other than now suggesting it is a bad analogy now that you presume its mine. The terms of this license are clearly listed in the link right next to the Buy button. Is the person also deceived if they didn't bother reading the showtime for the ticket they bought?

vel0city 4y ago

> The buy option really is a "long term rental" It isn't a "long term rental", it is a limited license to use it until the service provider isn't able to provide it. There isn't a pre-defined end date you're agreeing to with this buy button. Depending on the movie, putting an end date of 2029 is actually more limiting than what many of those videos will have. I bought movies on Unbox 16 years ago which are still available today, something you'd ensure wouldn't be possible with forcing them to put an end date only 7 years away. You're literally arguing I should have had less ownership of access of the media than I currently do have. I'd like to understand how buying a streaming video license is more akin to buying a car than buying a concert ticket. You brushed it off as a bad analogy and seemingly only offered a seemingly worse one. One is directly a physical object with government backed ownership registrations, one is a limited access token to enjoy some media. Which seems more like buying a concert or theater ticket?

indymike 4y ago
Then you should change the buy button to license. Your analogies are bad because in both cases, no one is being deceived by the seller.
- vel0city 4y ago
  buy: obtain for exchange of payment You're obtaining a license for exchange of payment. You're buying a license. The car isn't my analogy, it is yours. You're the one suggesting buying a license to stream movies on Amazon is like buying a car. I don't get how its more similar to that than buying a movie or concert ticket. You still haven't explained why you feel a car purchase is a better example other than now suggesting it is a bad analogy now that you presume its mine. The terms of this license are clearly listed in the link right next to the Buy button. Is the person also deceived if they didn't bother reading the showtime for the ticket they bought?