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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by tarsinge on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:26AM (#22747007)
I think the not owning the software subjective sentiment is made worse by the subscription model. Personally paying for Photoshop for example was more acceptable when it was "physically" an App in my Mac. I still have very old versions I can launch on vintage Macs or Emulators. As a kid I definitely remember owning and organizing my apps with their nice icons (the spatial file manager helped), thinking it was "real" things.
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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by rvense on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @08:01AM (#22747791)
I think we're a middle generation that grew up before the internet that this makes sense for. The CDs are probably going at the next move, but I expect to keep my MP3 collection forever.
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Re:Omni Group Layoffs by ubermonkey on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @03:13PM (#22752494)
Note that the CD is your 'license' to the music. You shouldn't sell them or give them away unless you also erase the music.
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