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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca -5 points 11 months ago

I'm not defending or condoning it ... I was just pointing out something for what it is. I keep my purchases, rentals and anything paid for to a minimum with services like Google, Amazon or any other cloud or electronic service. They are not purchases of ownership, they are marketed as things that we buy and own indefinitely but in legal terms, they are more or less indeterminate rentals or leases from the company with terms that can be set by the company that controls them.

I agree, in terms of comparing to an apartment rental, there are more laws because the thing that is involved severely affects a person's life because we're talking about a roof over a person's head.

But in terms of electronic or digital items or services that only exist online, it's a lot easier to remove / change / delete them because these actions won't put you out on the street, make you starve or physically hurt you in any way. We lose the convenience and we lose out on something.

I'm not belittling any of it, I wouldn't want to lose anything I paid for either but at the same time, we have to understand that when we sign up to pay for something with a multi billion dollar corporation, we hardly have any rights to anything, agreed to or implied ... and if we argue that in court, the one with the most money wins.

this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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