Did you? Maybe you should re-read that 400 page EULA you browsed past.
When you buy software you are agreeing that you don't own that software. You are instead buying a license to use that software.
> If the software does something I did not agree to at time of purchase, I'm going to hold the seller accountable.
When you buy software, you fundamentally agree that it is suitable for no particular purpose. Since much of the software you "buy" isn't even something you've paid for, the vendor can shut off that hose whenever they want.
> If the gardener you're paying suddenly went and threw a painting in the trash because he considered it ugly you'd have a problem with them too.
I'm sure your agreement with your gardener looks quite different from the EULA you agree to when you use software.
Except for:
> When you buy software you are agreeing that you don't own that software. You are instead buying a license to use that software.
This is incorrect in many jurisdictions, including the EU, regardless of what the EULA or whatever would make you believe, for software distributed in the way Microsoft Windows is [1]
[1]: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&doc...
Instead ownership works similar to as it would for, for example, a book. You don't own the IP, but you do own the book.
Also I don't own the gardener either, the distinction doesn't even matter.
I do! I bought it after all.
If the software does something I did not agree to at time of purchase, I'm going to hold the seller accountable.
If the gardener you're paying suddenly went and threw a painting in the trash because he considered it ugly you'd have a problem with them too.
Whether or not people 'agreed' to this being done is another question though.