You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    That’s the best part

    They redefine “own” and “buy” in their TOS

    And so do many many other online retailers that sell digital goods

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      8 months ago

      I wonder if that would hold in court. They could simply use “rent” or “lease” in their ads, but they purposely are trying to mislead to imply permanence.

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      8 months ago

      This is modern alchemy trying to turn lead into gold. Just change the meaning of the magic words et voilá you make gold while the other party is robbed blind and can’t do anything about it after the fact.

      And of course, it’s totally legal and totally cool.