/b/ - Random

everyone acts like buying a movie or a game on a platform means u actually own it. we are moving toward a future where we just rent access to data until the servers inevitably go dark. if the provider decides to revoke a license, ur entire library becomes useless pixels overnight. it is getting harder to find any media that exists in a truly permanent format.
>nothing is truly yours if it requires a handshake from a remote server to function.
we used to have physical discs and cartridges that worked even if the company went bankrupt. now, we are just building massive digital graveyards of content that we can never touch. it is extremely frustrating to see people ignore how much control we are handing over to these corporations. we should be prioritizing local backups and physical media before the concept of ownership disappears entirely.