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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

When you buy something you should be able to pass it on or sell it to someone else. This "the software not sold, only licensed" BS should be illegal. Either you rent with a monthly fee, or you buy it and own it. Owning something means you can sell it to someone else.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Either you rent with a monthly fee, or you buy it and own it.

Of those two options, you know which one the publishers would pick...