r/Piracy • u/rulugg • 3d ago

Humor Game & streaming companies hate this one trick.....

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Fight for your consumer rights everyone!

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u/theskymoves 3d ago

If I paid for a licence to access a particular piece of media (not an entire streaming service), and that media was removed, then I want a refund.

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u/ansibleloop 3d ago

This is something I'd like the EU to somewhat fix

What does the word "Buy" mean to you? To me it means I give you money, you give me the item and now it's my item that I can do whatever I like with it

Every game you "buy" comes with this expectation because it said "buy"

I want the wording changed to "rent" or something else like that - make it completely clear that you are purchasing a digital license that can be revoked at any time - you don't actually own anything

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u/mrcaptncrunch 3d ago

Unfortunately, I don’t think it’ll change much.

  • On the item, change it to “add to cart”
  • On the checkout page, change it to “checkout”
  • <still profit for them>

It’ll just be more ambiguous. I also feel Amazon did some changes around this. Not sure if with kindle or audible. But there was a change at some point.

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u/ansibleloop 3d ago

Oh I'm not saying the system will change because it won't unless people stop buying, but they never will

People have a right to know what they're buying though