Minecraft sells you the game - even right now, their site says "Get Minecraft" - in fact, it defaulted to Japanese for me where it says "MINECRAFTを購入" which is an even more unambiguous "BUY MINECRAFT".
It is like the difference between buying a e-book on Amazon and having it removed remotely, versus a book being removed from Kindle Unlimited. You have to be willfully obtuse to not understand why people might have different expectation for the two types of transactions, legalese in be damned.
> I do not believe in "renting" games; if I purchase something, it's mine
He does not believe in renting games, so I'm trying to find out of he rents movies or series. If yes, why the different approach?
Willfully obtuse... Oh please, some of you should try reading what I write and take the context into account instead.
The guy doesn't like being ripped off. He rents what is marketed as rent-able, and wants what is marketed as something you buy to be actually so.
Its a very basic concept, there is no "different approach here".
There isn't anything wrong with not wanting to be ripped off.
> Play it offline, run a local server, put it away and pick it up 10 years from now and still be able to play it, etc.
While it's sad, this hasn't been true the last 10-15 years.
They don't claim you own a game after you buy it, that would be false advertising. Hence why they could change his gaming experience in such a disruptive way.
> If you don't understand why that distinction might upset people, I don't know what to say.
I tried clarifying, hopefully you understand what I mean now.