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Let’s use your example. How would you feel if, due to a disagreement with the publisher over the quality of ink, the publisher was “forced” to break into your h
by CSSer 3y ago
Let’s use your example. How would you feel if, due to a disagreement with the publisher over the quality of ink, the publisher was “forced” to break into your house while you eat breakfast and rip the newspaper out of your hands? This is what happens today. They’ve colluded to redefine the verb “buy” due to “licensing”, and it’s sick.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoit would suck and it would make headlines. But that's not what happens today, so it's a nil argument. the GP's argument comparing it to rentals/leases makes sense since you aren't truly owning a purchase (and if you are that deadset on stealing a car they probably will literally break into your house). you're buying a license and licenses can be revoked. Now, if that should be allowed without an explicit mention on the purchase page is certainly something to argue in court.
- CSSer 3y agoIt’s not just that. Physical copies are increasingly no longer available. Now I can only buy a license for the same price I used to pay for a physical copy. Moreover, this is for a good that has no substitute.