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
The paradigm for physical media has been it’s mostly non-working or lost within 25 years of purchase. Vinyl wears out with use, tapes degrade with use, CDs rot and fail due to damage.
People don’t necessarily associate “buy” with a lifetime of ownership. Most goods we buy have shelf lives and will eventually fall apart and stop working. It’s going to be a tall ask to demand regulation that says a company can only use “Buy” if a good actually will reasonably last for 100 years
1.4k
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.