3 ms·

I like new cars. I like the new technology, new features, new safety standards, all of it. I even like the smell (though it's probably cancerous, whatever).

I like new cars. I like the new technology, new features, new safety standards, all of it. I even like the smell (though it's probably cancerous, whatever). So while I get that the knee jerk answer is "I love my old car and I'm never buying anything made since 2001", I think the better discussion to be having is how we adjust regulations to affirm that in fact we do still own the cars we buy, regardless of the technology installed in them.

aaomidi 3y ago
Honestly we should extend this to digital markets. If I buy a game on steam, I should be allowed to sell it. Just like I’d be allowed to sell a physical game. If I buy a game, no DRM claim should be able to claw back that game from me.
- lucasyvas 3y ago
  I'll do you one further. If buy a game on Steam, I should be able to play it on PlayStation as well. It's the exact same product - the perceived difference is a mirage. Digital media is the only product that works this way, and it's stupid. Platforms and stores would have to, I don't know, actually compete then. Who offers the better experience? The better price? The better device? Not "You bought your shit here, so you're stuck. Sorry" Platform holders should take a cut of anything sold on their platform, but it's because a user chose to buy it from them because they offer a better service, not because it's the only way they can use it. My reservations about DRM aside, you can still achieve this without dropping DRM. It would have copy protection still.
  - salawat 3y ago
    Except it isn't a case of you buying anything anymore. You're "licensing" it. The seller isn't selling it to you. They're "licensing" it to you. You could "sell" the license. That's just paperwork (that they in no way are obligated to make easy or support facilitating your ability to do, mind.) This is the new world that the business schools have wrought for you. Don't you like it?
  - rasz 3y ago
    >If buy a game on Steam, I should be able to play it on PlayStation as well. "If I buy a car, I should be able to drive thru train tunnels."
  - eximius 3y ago
    While I sympathize, they're actually very much not the same product. It isn't a simple matter of cross compiling for a different CPU architecture, the APIs and platforms are sufficiently different to be distinct.

aaomidi 3y ago

Honestly we should extend this to digital markets. If I buy a game on steam, I should be allowed to sell it. Just like I’d be allowed to sell a physical game. If I buy a game, no DRM claim should be able to claw back that game from me.

lucasyvas 3y ago
I'll do you one further. If buy a game on Steam, I should be able to play it on PlayStation as well. It's the exact same product - the perceived difference is a mirage. Digital media is the only product that works this way, and it's stupid. Platforms and stores would have to, I don't know, actually compete then. Who offers the better experience? The better price? The better device? Not "You bought your shit here, so you're stuck. Sorry" Platform holders should take a cut of anything sold on their platform, but it's because a user chose to buy it from them because they offer a better service, not because it's the only way they can use it. My reservations about DRM aside, you can still achieve this without dropping DRM. It would have copy protection still.
- salawat 3y ago
  Except it isn't a case of you buying anything anymore. You're "licensing" it. The seller isn't selling it to you. They're "licensing" it to you. You could "sell" the license. That's just paperwork (that they in no way are obligated to make easy or support facilitating your ability to do, mind.) This is the new world that the business schools have wrought for you. Don't you like it?
- rasz 3y ago
  >If buy a game on Steam, I should be able to play it on PlayStation as well. "If I buy a car, I should be able to drive thru train tunnels."
- eximius 3y ago
  While I sympathize, they're actually very much not the same product. It isn't a simple matter of cross compiling for a different CPU architecture, the APIs and platforms are sufficiently different to be distinct.