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PlayStation keeps reminding us why digital ownership sucks (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

because rights that can be taken away on a whim are no rights at all

They're rights to temporary access. A contacted temporary right.

I agree with your main point that it's not ownership though.

[โ€“] shrugal@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What you're talking about is being allowed to use something or being tolerated, that's different from having a right. A temporary right is a real right for a specified time frame, but here it would just be "until I decide you don't".