Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mike Spencer Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: if it's digital, you don't really own it Date: 28 Dec 2023 04:09:30 -0400 Organization: Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop Lines: 22 Sender: mds@enoch.nodomain.nowhere Message-ID: <87o7eazr2d.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> References: <20231227162558.f64424ecf5e0541a3fa43fd0@amongus.com.invalid> <87sf3nghii.fsf@neptune> Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="512c5eb001fafcca1212d561f49c7375"; logging-data="343724"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+lyHMM9gvwvlPAtcdQTNvZ//JCpRlI6IE=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:hsaDcADYPWlg+oCkoKzlCst81/E= X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 X-Clacks-Overhead: 4GH GNU Terry Pratchett Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:23719 cr0c0d1le writes: > Retrograde 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