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PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For::Sony says Mythbusters and more Discovery TV shows are going away whether you bought them or not

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least when Microsoft was pulling the plug on their music streaming service, they gave everyone the ability to just download all of the songs that you owned.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

It should also be the only option for them if our consumer protection laws were even half effective.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft may not be the best company, but it's moves like this that make me trust them more than just about any other company.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

They prefer the subtle evils most people won't notice, like mass surveillance, intentional backdoors, obliterating competition with unethical business practices, rather than the obvious evils of stealing from their userbase.