Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1778arrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1766arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·2 years agoPlaystation keeps reminding us that digital ownership is not ownership.
minus-squareVendul@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 years agoObligatory if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agoYep. Rental is the more accurate term.
minus-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah. Digital ownership is very convenient. Sony’s model is loanership or something
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoIt’s all loanership, no matter which platform.
minus-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoYou own what you pirate
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years ago…and what you buy in a DRM-free form.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years ago“You will own nothing and be happy” Except they forgot the “be happy” part.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThat’s because they don’t care about that part. Others being happy doesn’t buy them a private jet. Selling the illusion of ownership very much does.
minus-squarebeeng@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoIn this case. But if you owned the keys to a room in a public accessible vault, you could properly own and have access to it. Since its public, not even Sony could take it away.
Playstation keeps reminding us that digital ownership is not ownership.
Obligatory if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing
Yep. Rental is the more accurate term.
Yeah. Digital ownership is very convenient. Sony’s model is loanership or something
It’s all loanership, no matter which platform.
You own what you pirate
…and what you buy in a DRM-free form.
“You will own nothing and be happy”
Except they forgot the “be happy” part.
That’s because they don’t care about that part. Others being happy doesn’t buy them a private jet. Selling the illusion of ownership very much does.
In this case. But if you owned the keys to a room in a public accessible vault, you could properly own and have access to it.
Since its public, not even Sony could take it away.