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Re:Ford seeks patent for cars that ditch you if payments missed by necovek on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:57PM (#34972499)
One of the bad "inventions" of software distribution: you don't own a copy, you are only licensed to use it.

No surprise the dark tactic is spreading.

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Re:Ford seeks patent for cars that ditch you if payments missed by kube-system on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @01:38PM (#34973047)
That is more akin to a lease.
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Re:Ford seeks patent for cars that ditch you if payments missed by necovek on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @01:00AM (#34979249)
I would find a lease more like software subscriptions.

Regular licenses for software you do "buy" can be retracted but that rarely happens in practice.

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