Re:Apple stole $100s from me, Customer Service says there's ...
by black_puppydog on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:20PM
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one of my favourite soap boxes.
I'd like some ground-laying legislation about the use of the words "buy" and "sell". As a sanity-check, none of the "buying" and "selling" that happens on platforms like playstore, appstore, steam, prime video etc should be allowed to be called "buying".
Use "pay-once renting" or "lifetime rent" or whatever. "Buying" should be reserved for transactions where the other party cannot (not "must not". cannot!) take back what they sold without involving a third party like the state.
Use "pay-once renting" or "lifetime rent" or whatever. "Buying" should be reserved for transactions where the other party cannot (not "must not". cannot!) take back what they sold without involving a third party like the state.