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"You'll own nothing and be happy" It described life in an unnamed city in which the narrator does not own a car, a house, any appliances, or any clothes, and i

• johnnyanmac 3y ago
  seems a bit hyperbolic to compare not owning the software on a disc to not owning clothes. Fact is that deluxe entertainment isn't some crucial necessity for most people. So of course they don't mind the lack of ownership.
  • IIsi50MHz 3y ago
    > seems a bit hyperbolic to compare not owning the software on a disc to not owning clothes. True. Although, satire does tend to exaggerate to make its point. (I'm assuming the indicated source is at least in part satire, not having yet read it.) Related to rent vs own: public libraries are (in a sense) renting, just paid for either indirectly or by other people. > Fact is that deluxe entertainment isn't some crucial necessity for most people. So of course they don't mind the lack of ownership. Until they try to play something from the past, and can't, because it relied on a game server, streaming server, or some other kind of remote asset that was not preserved. This portends a greater loss of shared culture compared to that which can be backed up or archived. Some people might be working on that, but I expect most will be made preservable only by rare rights-holders or illicit propagation.