Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net

The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you’ve already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

  • @jimbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    That company is also going to show you the agreement you signed that says they can do that, which is the current situation with digital goods. People are still buying them.

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      That company is also going to show you the agreement you signed that says they can do that

      Nobody said otherwise. The argument isn’t “this is illegal”, it’s “this is bullshit.”

      People are still buying them.

      And the argument being put forward is that people shouldn’t be.