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Part of the magic of the personal computing revolution was breaking away from these shackles.

• bigfatkitten 1y ago
  As a society, we’ve since decided that we actually prefer to rent everything and to have no agency.
  • EvanAnderson 1y ago
    I don't think the marketplace does a good job of explaining the difference to people. That might change things. Maybe. Probably not. >sigh<
    • fragmede 1y ago
      On the other hand, the confusingly named DIVX (not the codec) expiring DVD-esque format (so you could play the DVD for 48 hours after purchase, and then after that you had to pay to watch it again. The format totally failed in the market and brought down Circuit City. So that suggests it's a user education issue.