Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down112cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1764arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership suckswww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·11 months agoPlaystation keeps reminding us that digital ownership is not ownership.
minus-squareVendul@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·11 months agoObligatory if buying isn’t owning then piracy isn’t stealing
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·11 months agoYep. Rental is the more accurate term.
minus-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·11 months agoYeah. Digital ownership is very convenient. Sony’s model is loanership or something
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoIt’s all loanership, no matter which platform.
minus-squareboredtortoise@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoYou own what you pirate
minus-squareKayn@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months ago…and what you buy in a DRM-free form.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months ago“You will own nothing and be happy” Except they forgot the “be happy” part.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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-211 months 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.