[ - ] Reunto 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 10:54:42 ago (+1/-0)
I like Louis Rossman's analogy. A company rugging someone with licensed content is the equivalent of someone sneaking into your house and stealing books off your library.
To extend that analogy, what most users of proprietary game storefronts have is not simply books on a bookshelf.
It is a locked case of books to which only the book distributor holds the keys to. When you wish to read a book, the distributor graciously opens the lockbox, takes out the book you have chosen and then reads it to you aloud since it is printed in a language that only the distributor is capable of reading.
When the distributer decides to stop unlocking the box for you, or to stop reading the books aloud to you, then of course you've lost access.
Any arrangement that doesn't include access to source code always places one in a position of non-ownership.
[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz
[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 0 points 1 monthMar 10, 2025 16:09:59 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Reunto
[ - ] Reunto 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 10:54:42 ago (+1/-0)
Ownership is important.
[ + ] RollinDaGrassTyson
[ - ] RollinDaGrassTyson 0 points 1 monthMar 2, 2025 23:00:09 ago (+0/-0)
It is a locked case of books to which only the book distributor holds the keys to. When you wish to read a book, the distributor graciously opens the lockbox, takes out the book you have chosen and then reads it to you aloud since it is printed in a language that only the distributor is capable of reading.
When the distributer decides to stop unlocking the box for you, or to stop reading the books aloud to you, then of course you've lost access.
Any arrangement that doesn't include access to source code always places one in a position of non-ownership.
[ + ] Master_B
[ - ] Master_B 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 06:40:31 ago (+1/-0)
You'll own nothing etc.
[ + ] SithEmpire
[ - ] SithEmpire 1 point 2 monthsFeb 26, 2025 03:28:48 ago (+1/-0)