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Words mean something and the meaning matters. If you buy a lawnmower from me and I come around later claiming you were only renting it, you would justifiably te
by Etheryte 1y ago
Words mean something and the meaning matters. If you buy a lawnmower from me and I come around later claiming you were only renting it, you would justifiably tell me to piss off. That this was ever allowed to pass in the digital world is a shame.
- contrarian1234 1y agoSo you think changing the Buy buttons to Lease License buttons would genuinely solve the author's problems?
- lukebechtel 1y agoIdentifying a problem is the first step to solving it. Changing these buttons to "Rent" would force people to acknowledge what they're getting for their $60 bucks -- effectively a rental. Once the problem is identified en masse, capitalism can do its work more efficiently.
- Qwertious 1y agoIt would be more honest, although giving users a notification that you're about to screw them is obviously not very good - mainly because in practice, what will happen is they'll say "don't worry, we only put in that warning for legal reasons. We won't actually screw you" for the few years before they screw you. Also known as "please pay attention when kickstarter says this is a crowdfunding system and not a preorder system".