A knowledgeable user will be aware of these shortcomings of so-called “ownership” of digital goods, but the average person doesn’t read license agreements and does not understand that their purchase can be revoked at any time by the seller.
The average person makes a purchase and expects to own the item in question.
I bought the carborundum glass bed for my S1 Pro, it’s replaced my PEI bed entirely and see no reason to go back.
He died of lung cancer from all the cigar smoking after decades to claiming that smoking doesn’t cause cancer.
I wouldn’t wish for anyone’s death, but I can certainly celebrate it after the fact.
No, you would suffer incredible pain from being unable to evacuate CO2.
You know how painful it gets when you hold your breath to your physical limit? That’s CO2 building up in your body. Just going hypoxic on its own isn’t painful, the pain is the body’s response to having too much CO2.
That’s because the arbitrators are hired by the company. Unless it’s an egregious situation, who’s going to side against the people signing their paycheck?
Most disputes most likely fall far below the limit for small claims, where a lawyer is not required, or even allowed in many cases.
For most people, it’s a hobby for fun, not a job.
Those that want to make a job out of it tend to spread out the content creation to youtube and tiktok, and often sponsorships fill in the gaps.
The ones that actually make a decent living only from streaming are a fraction of one percent.
You raised my hopes, and dashed them quite expertly sir! Bravo!
If that were true, they would cost way more to buy.
“It’s not comparable to the Holocaust. Germany killed 6 million…”
There are fewer than 6 million people in all of Palestine. If that’s their cutoff, they can eradicate everyone and “it still wouldn’t be as bad.” That’s probably their thought process.
I thought it was the opposite, that they can’t sell lower on other marketplaces, but they can do what they want with their keys.
Once you put it on the internet, it’s there forever.
Sony still releasing games on PS4. Still remasters PS4 game.
and then required prices be 5% lower than MSRP on other stores
That’s something that Steam doesn’t allow, which means the only way to have lower prices is for Epic to pay for an exclusivity deal. Because who’s going to move to Epic if the only way is to lose out on Steam?
I think part of the Steam contract for publishers is that they can’t sell their games cheaper elsewhere. So anyone wanting to compete with Steam on price needs to sell games that are in demand but not already on Steam. And Epic is really the only company with the pull to get that to happen, but the only way for them to do it is to get exclusivity, which gamers hate.
It’s not just a volcano, it’s Aranaktu. Why would you pass up your one chance?
What do you mean the article doesn’t specify? It’s literally the first sentence of the article.
Boeing increased its wage proposal to tens of thousands of striking workers on Monday, offering a 30% general wage increase over four years in what it called its “best and final” offer as a work stoppage that began on September 13 drags on.
Hey, fuck you, buddy!
Their goal was to make it as difficult as possible. Sure eminent domain was a possibility, but they expected it and I imagine planned to fight it.
California is at least taking a step forward in legislating that “sellers” can’t call it a purchase if you’re only getting a revocable license. Shops wouldn’t be allowed to use the word “buy” or “purchase” unless you get to own the product.