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Yes, but we're talking about ownership as a concept, not as a matter of law. I'm not sure how this is getting confused to be honest.

• NovemberWhiskey 3y ago
  Ownership is a legal concept. If you want to talk about whether it is good public policy to allow manufacturers to make computer stuffs that are difficult to repair or that have technical restrictions baked in that make it difficult to run software other than that provided by the manufacturer, please have at it. To suggest that this is an ownership discussion is at best intellectually faulty and at worst the sort of hyperventilation that has people rolling their eyes at you.
  • jchw 3y ago
    Ownership is also a concept that humans understand, disconnected from whatever is written into law. In fact, the human understanding of what ownership is ultimately informs what goes into the law. Essentially by asking "who really owns this?" we're literally questioning why this is allowed to happen regarding stuff that we own. All I can say is, you misunderstood what the comment you replied to was saying. You don't have to like it, but it's very evident to me that this is what happened.
• robertlagrant 3y ago
  Neither of the things I quoted mention the law. Non sequiturs make things confused.