Comment by dschuetz
4 years ago
In case somebody forgot: you never purchase a digital copy, you only purchase a license to exclusively watch a movie anytime you like using the vendors consumer platform. Anyone ever read the license agreements when "purchasing a movie" online?
This is the reason I do not buy movies any longer; 1 streaming account on Netflix is enough for me, I do not care about anything else anymore. May they rot in consumer hell.
How is Netflix better? You still don't own it and they are probably more likely to remove it than a movie store.
Streaming services have no pretense of ownership. You can watch whatever they happen to have as long as you keep paying.
When you buy a title on Amazon, Apple, etc., the digital services are selling you on "ownership". In theory, this will be in your account forever (without any money changing hands after the initial transaction). The reality is obviously not so simple.
When Steam stops selling a game because of licensing issues and you bought it before, you still have it in your library and can download it from their servers. How and why is selling movies more complicated?
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