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A comment on Ask HN: Will banks inflate Bitcoin just like they inflate fiat money?. Parent comment
- depends on online connectivity to use something you paid for
- forced version upgrades/general drop in software quality/reliability (enjoy those constant regression to justify that service contract)
- used to be a one-off purchase to purchase physical software, now you have the benefit of a recurring subscription to own nothing.
- loss of resale value. you can sell your old used games/software - or even sell the activation keys (after use).
- depends on online connectivity to use something you paid for
- forced version upgrades/general drop in software quality/reliability (enjoy those constant regression to justify that service contract)
- used to be a one-off purchase to purchase physical software, now you have the benefit of a recurring subscription to own nothing.
- loss of resale value. you can sell your old used games/software - or even sell the activation keys (after use).