As always, the paying user has the worst experience. “Purchase” a show, can only watch on a certain console of a certain brand, no transfers, no backups, then it suddenly disappears from the library and nothing can be done.

If media companies insist on draconian DRM, then they should pay for full refunds to their loyal customers when one day they decide to delist that specific show.

  • Crit@links.hackliberty.org
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    1 year ago

    Buy it for the convenience and for the good Devs, pirate it after if they try taking it away. You already paid for it

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      1 year ago

      Exactly.

      It’s much the same as creators in Second Life who don’t want to sell in the Opensim metaverse. I get where they’re coming from in terms of protecting a recurring revenue stream, but if the customer has already paid for the product once, under first sale doctrine, they have the right to continue using it.

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      1 year ago

      Slap one pirating at the front if it’s a game with no demo.