Digital ownership will never be as good as having your own CD or DVD.

You’re listening to your music and one day your tune is suddenly “not available in your region”. Or a film you like no longer appears in the listings.

If I really like something I’ll keep buying my own copy. Then if Apple Music or Amazon Prime decide to try take something off my hands I’ve paid for, they can’t.

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zonavar68 · 56-60, M

Digital ownership where you access something as a service is not 'ownership'. SaaS - Something as a Service (be it sex, software, etc.).

By 'owning' you have full total 100 percent rights to use the device, thing, or item in any way you like because you bought and paid for it. No ongoing subscription, no requirement to connect to the Internet for authentication, etc.

Otherwise it's not 'owning'.

If you bought a new car and were told you had to 'subscribe' after handing over the money to actually be able to use the car, would you think you 'own' it? We already 'subscribe' by having a drivers license and registration to access public roads, but the vehicle itself belongs to the owner (unless it's leased - then it's jointly owned).