• SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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    5 days ago

    That’s not what buying means or at least not the “buying” I am talking about. I mean I give some amount of money and I receive a download of the purchased material, free of DRM. There is no subscription involved. Like Steam (with no DRM) or GoG, but for movies and shows instead of games.

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      4 days ago

      Music went through this many years ago.

      iTunes would have drm’d music files. Amazon too, I think.

      Then at some point it all became sane and I could buy an MP3 and download it.

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      3 days ago

      Steam provides licenses, you don’t own the software. If your account is banned, you lose it all. Death? You guessed it, lost access (officially).

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        3 days ago

        That’s why I said without DRM. Some games on steam don’t have DRM, as far as I understand. Otherwise GoG.