Zach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agoAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1685arrow-down1imageAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksZach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
minus-squareShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up143arrow-down1·2 years agoNo you are mistaken with “Or $5 mire to own it”. You own a license to watch for the amount of time the platforms decides to keep it up.
minus-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·2 years agoThen, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.
minus-squarePiranha Phish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agohttps://lemmy.world/post/6245858
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOn that last post where someone got a refund they gave a full refund as a gift card and an additional 5 euro gift card. (Not saying it’s an okay think to do, just in case you’re referencing it.)
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoA gift card isn’t a refund It also doesn’t change the false implication they would “own” the digital copy
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoAnd people will go ‘you didn’t buy it!’ like it doesn’t say “Buy” right fuckin’ there.
No you are mistaken with “Or $5 mire to own it”. You own a license to watch for the amount of time the platforms decides to keep it up.
Then, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.
Who does that??
https://lemmy.world/post/6245858
On that last post where someone got a refund they gave a full refund as a gift card and an additional 5 euro gift card.
(Not saying it’s an okay think to do, just in case you’re referencing it.)
A gift card isn’t a refund
It also doesn’t change the false implication they would “own” the digital copy
And people will go ‘you didn’t buy it!’ like it doesn’t say “Buy” right fuckin’ there.
“Own” it.