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Re:Playstation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks by skydhash on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @01:48PM (#38547959)
If a ticket can be as low as $5-10, I'd gladly pay $3 for years old movies to watch it once or during a limited period of time (72 hours access?). It's rare for me to rewatch the same movie twice in one month. I have the same expectations for games, If I pay for the digital version, I pay for the experience of playing it once or twice, I'm not expecting a lifetime support.

Where I draw the line is for applications, music and books. Because their uses are perpetual. So no DRMs for anything. I'm not asking you to support new hardware (if I purchase an exe file, a wma album or a mobi book, that's what I'm stuck at), but no shutting down access because you need me to pay for the latest version. I should be able to pop up a VM and consume or use what I purchased.

Saas is another story, but that because it's their servers, not my computer.

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