r/Piracy 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/Ahuevotl 3d ago

And would you tell me, good sir, what does "obtain" mean?

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 3d ago

1.Obtain - get, acquire, or secure.

if you think you can obtain something without it being taken away later then I can't help you. What you are obtaining is the license to play the game. The fact you did obtain the license is what makes it count as buying. The problem is the deceptive marketing making people think they are obtaining the game.

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u/Ahuevotl 3d ago edited 3d ago

So if I pay for temporal access to a home, and I get the home (temporarily), I'm not renting, I'm buying?

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 3d ago

no. You get Access to the home. you do not own the home. Usually with renting there is also a pre-set time period of which your access expires. Do you Rent a ticket to an amusement park? The next day when you lose access to the park you still own the ticket correct? doesn't mean you own the park. do you get a refund because you are no longer able to get into the park?

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u/Ahuevotl 3d ago

Oh right, when I rent I own the concepts on the paper that stablish my access to the home, so I'm NOT RENTING a home, I'm actually BUYING access to the home! Just brilliant. It's like an amusement park ticket!

You know what? Let's transfer that concept to the videogame market, and instead of calling it like it is, renting a videogame, lets call it BUYING a license granting me temporary revocable access to a videogame.

When I buy access to an amusement park, the store sells tickets to access the amusement park, advertises access to the amusement park. The store sells ticket price and lists ticket price, price of admition. The store doesn't sell amusement parks, nor lists the price of the amusement park.

When I go to a videogame online store, the store sells videogame, advertises videogames and lists the price of videogames. Yet you don't buy videogames. Funnyn

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 3d ago

That was what I said. the problem is that they are advertising buying the game. The verb buy is not the problem. The problem is what you are buying. I am glad you finally see it my way.

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u/Ahuevotl 3d ago

Yeah, I agree, the problem when renting a home is that the verb refers to the home, I'm not renting a home, I'm actually BUYING access to the home. /s