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I don't feel like this is a meaningful change. If steam changed all the "Buy" to "Rent" on it's website, nothing would actually change.
by madeofpalk 4y ago
I don't feel like this is a meaningful change.
If steam changed all the "Buy" to "Rent" on it's website, nothing would actually change.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoCustomers would be informed. Many would leave for GOG.com
- madeofpalk 4y agoI do not think customer behaviour would change that much.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoThen Amazon has no reason to resist this change!
- paulryanrogers 4y agoWords are powerful. See how hard they fight the legislation.
- bruce511 4y agoI think it would change, but Rent is also not the right word. I'm familiar with Rent and I intuit what it means. I have access to an asset for a limited time, and then I can choose to continue renting it, or not. The decision is in my hands. License might be a better word. Because what they're selling is a "one time payment for use of this asset for an undetermined amount of time" - that's not "buy" but it's also not "rent". When my license ends it's likely I can't get another. Certainly its not my decision to make. The period of the license us unknown - till you block my account, till you go under, till you decide this service is no longer available, till _your_ license-to-license expires, and so on. So yeah, I don't think it's Rent.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> then I can choose to continue renting it, or not. The decision is in my hands. That is not implied by the term rent. Very often rentals are for a fixed amount of time. Especially for video game rentals, back when they were common. I think rent implies you have limited control better than license does.