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Re:Microsoft banned me from playing Minecraft until I provid... by cinntaile on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @01:34AM (#32147895)
You purchase a monthly subscription. Purchase is just a synonym for buy, it is not equivalent to owning something.
Re:Microsoft banned me from playing Minecraft until I provid... by alpaca128 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:55AM (#32148338)
I'm not talking about legal details, but communication. No store page for video games state that the "purchase" button means anything else than, say, the "purchase" button for a shampoo on Amazon. It clearly suggests that when you buy a game you own it, period. When you buy a Netflix subscription it clearly states that it's time-limited.

At least the EU seems to - slowly - fight such antipatterns that everyone knows only exist to mislead consumers.