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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's fair, but I feel like the point is that many people go through a process where

You pay money
The buttons on your screen say "buy" "purchase" "check-out" or something else to that effect

That feels like buying media, so according to the common "consumer" (hate that word) brain, you are spending money to buy content.

At the same time, media corps have been trying to teach us for years that piracy is exactly the same as stealing.

The whole point of the shorthand is to explain that these are not facts, they're misconceptions, AND both of these misconceptions exist for the same reason, corporate propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

That feels like buying media

It doesn't just feel like it, it says it. What it is is false advertising. If you don't get to keep it forever, the button should say something along the lines of "rent until we decide to stop hosting it".