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Re:Dutch foundation seeks consumer damages over Apple, Googl... by KerrAvon on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:26PM (#30349589)
Replacing "Buy" with "Rent" is something you will never convince non-tech people to care about. That ship sailed when EULAs were deemed legal. Pushing it will just confuse people and I'd argue muddy the waters for the truly important things.
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Re:Dutch foundation seeks consumer damages over Apple, Googl... by simion314 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:49PM (#30350917)
People can learn, you will need to make public stories like

"Person X "bought" music/books from store X in value of 10K and now he can't access it because some bullshit EULA"

"person Y "bought" 1 year subscription but was banned for 6 months by an algorithm, no right to appeal and no refunds" <- something similar happened to me

Person Z bought a device but after 1 month an update crippled it, W bought a device and the platform owner crippled the included browser and made it impossible to install a usable alternative.

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Re:Dutch foundation seeks consumer damages over Apple, Googl... by gjsman-1000 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:11PM (#30353543)
PlayStation 3 had OtherOS allowing Linux installation, then removed it with an update, settled years later for a paltry $55 for anyone who could prove they used the function and $9 for anyone who claimed to have purchased it based on the functionality or couldn't prove they used it.
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Re:Dutch foundation seeks consumer damages over Apple, Googl... by pjmlp on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:27PM (#30353725)
They still aren't legal in many European countries.
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