• meltycat@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    If buying does not equal owning something, piracy can’t equal theft. At this rate, what’s the point of consoles?

    • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      You do own it, you own the digital copy. The developer can’t hack your computer and remove it or prevent you from playing it.

      • Scrollone@feddit.it
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        5 hours ago

        The developer can actually remove it remotely. Sony itself is currently doing it: they’re removing all movies bought by users.

      • jerakor@startrek.website
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        6 hours ago

        This is why all video is streaming now and downloads require regular token checkin. Very few services provide real independent and long term functioning local downloads of media.