Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it

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From	Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
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Subject	Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it
Date	28 Dec 2023 04:09:30 -0400
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cr0c0d1le <cr0c0d1le@cogeco.ca> writes:

> Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> writes:
> 
>> Bricking it: Do you actually own anything digital?
>> From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no
>>
>> https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/22/opinion_column/?td=rt-3a
>>
>> OPINION What do Amazon, Sony, and Broadcom all have in common? Give up?
>> Each, in their own way, has made it clear that when you buy something
>> from them, you don't actually own it.
>
> Easy. Don't do business with such companies. It may not be convenient,
> but at the end of the day all you need is food, water, clothing and
> shelter. Can't own my car in ten years? Fine, I will bike or walk.

Not a rural octogenarian, then, eh?

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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if it's digital, you don't really own it Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2023-12-27 16:25 -0500
  Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2023-12-27 23:35 +0100
    Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Marco Moock <mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-28 11:36 +0100
      Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2023-12-28 19:35 +0100
        Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-28 20:57 +0100
          Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2024-01-02 00:46 +0100
  Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2023-12-27 22:51 +0000
  Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com> - 2023-12-28 00:25 +0000
    Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Marco Moock <mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-28 11:41 +0100
    Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Andreas Kempe <kempe@lysator.liu.se> - 2023-12-28 22:58 +0000
      Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Marco Moock <mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-29 09:13 +0100
        Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Andreas Kempe <kempe@lysator.liu.se> - 2023-12-29 13:01 +0000
      Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2023-12-29 23:08 +0000
  Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it cr0c0d1le <cr0c0d1le@cogeco.ca> - 2023-12-27 21:58 -0500
    Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2023-12-28 04:09 -0400
    Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Marco Moock <mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-28 11:46 +0100
    Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2023-12-28 19:36 +0100
  Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Marco Moock <mm+usenet@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-28 11:24 +0100

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