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

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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.

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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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