Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day agoSteam will now warn customers at checkout that they're only buying a digital license to a gamewww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down12
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkSteam will now warn customers at checkout that they're only buying a digital license to a gamewww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareBigTrout75@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoSame is true with physical. It’s just harder for them to take it away.
minus-squareMataVatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoI used to be an account manager for scientific software. We were pretty explicit on the limitation of support we would give on old licenses
minus-squarecmeu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI was thinking the same thing. I remember playing doom on pc and it was pretty clear then who the rights holder is… They just couldn’t remove access, so it felt a lot less like I was “renting” the privilege
Same is true with physical. It’s just harder for them to take it away.
I used to be an account manager for scientific software. We were pretty explicit on the limitation of support we would give on old licenses
I was thinking the same thing. I remember playing doom on pc and it was pretty clear then who the rights holder is…
They just couldn’t remove access, so it felt a lot less like I was “renting” the privilege