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every company’s really out there deciding “I want to be a landlord instead of selling products to consumers” at the same time
It’s called ‘rent seeking’, and it’s a defining feature of late stage capitalism.
More profitable, allows for far more control. When you’ve abandoned all morals and everything else for pure maximization of profit, it unfortunately makes a lot of sense.
They would rent food if they could. If you don’t pay your subscription, they’d dock your nutrients to the free tier so you’re less energetic and more likely to get sick.
Even that might be too generous…why would there be a free tier?
Fuckin capitalism man. As I saw Michael Burns talk about the other day, we need more chill.
Obligatory reminder: the font used in the original “you wouldn’t download a car” ad was pirated
Fonts are very often used without licensing, so while this is not surprising, it is indeed still awesome.
When you buy something, you absolutely do own it.
Call this phenomenon where corporations try to pretend that it’s only “licensed” or that they somehow have the right to revoke it after the fact what it is: FRAUD and THEFT!
the closest thing to digital ownership of any product is through 🏴☠️ (plus a few drm free stores)
any other platform just gives you a license that can be revoked at any time.
yeah, unfortunately this is how the law has shaken out. I think the decision is wrong, but it’s where it is.
we live in a capitalistic society, corporations make the rules.
Unless we change that, this is inevitable.
So, is there an *arr stack for games?
Probably not, games aren’t like TV shows. You can just torrent them via Prowlarr if you want, no need for a whole dedicated service.
If buying isn’t owning, shareholders are boning.
You wouldn’t run a Minecraft server.
