dunno. the only people i’ve met who like Anything-as-a-Service don’t exist. i’ve never met anyone who likes that shit.
Comment on US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 day ago
While it is a good idea, but it will result into a hell of a fight with the software industry in general. Their extortion schemes base on the very idea that you can’t own software at all.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nobody in his right likes it. The software companies do, though, for a number of reasons. First, they can squeeze more money out of people on the long run. Second, if we actually owned the software we paid for, we had much better legal standing with regards to reverse engineering or altering it to fit a purpose - something the normal licensing terms strictly forbid.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You are right, but also fuck them. They didn’t invent the code or the concepts. They paid for other’s works and pretend it is theirs. Software is an amalgamation of so much before it. Pretending you own it when it really is the work of tens of thousands of people is silly in a way.