β² 1288 βΌ ok then (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 182 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children) Except after you rent/buy the video, you can only watch it as long as you pay for the subscription service you bought it from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 6 months ago (2 children) That's not what buying means or at least not the "buying" I am talking about. I mean I give some amount of money and I receive a download of the purchased material, free of DRM. There is no subscription involved. Like Steam (with no DRM) or GoG, but for movies and shows instead of games. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Music went through this many years ago. iTunes would have drm'd music files. Amazon too, I think. Then at some point it all became sane and I could buy an MP3 and download it. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) Steam provides licenses, you don't own the software. If your account is banned, you lose it all. Death? You guessed it, lost access (officially). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 point 6 months ago That's why I said without DRM. Some games on steam don't have DRM, as far as I understand. Otherwise GoG. permalink fedilink source parent [β] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) If it is anything like Steam, then you keep this media available to redownload as long as you wan. Same as Steam games that got delisted are still downloadable and playable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Most streaming services are nothing like Steam. "Your" stuff can disappear with no notice and no ability to watch it even if you have it "downloaded" due to layers of DRM. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 6 months ago (2 children) That's not what buying means or at least not the "buying" I am talking about. I mean I give some amount of money and I receive a download of the purchased material, free of DRM. There is no subscription involved. Like Steam (with no DRM) or GoG, but for movies and shows instead of games. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Music went through this many years ago. iTunes would have drm'd music files. Amazon too, I think. Then at some point it all became sane and I could buy an MP3 and download it. permalink fedilink source parent [β] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) Steam provides licenses, you don't own the software. If your account is banned, you lose it all. Death? You guessed it, lost access (officially). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 point 6 months ago That's why I said without DRM. Some games on steam don't have DRM, as far as I understand. Otherwise GoG. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Music went through this many years ago. iTunes would have drm'd music files. Amazon too, I think. Then at some point it all became sane and I could buy an MP3 and download it. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) Steam provides licenses, you don't own the software. If your account is banned, you lose it all. Death? You guessed it, lost access (officially). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 point 6 months ago That's why I said without DRM. Some games on steam don't have DRM, as far as I understand. Otherwise GoG. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 point 6 months ago That's why I said without DRM. Some games on steam don't have DRM, as far as I understand. Otherwise GoG. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) If it is anything like Steam, then you keep this media available to redownload as long as you wan. Same as Steam games that got delisted are still downloadable and playable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Most streaming services are nothing like Steam. "Your" stuff can disappear with no notice and no ability to watch it even if you have it "downloaded" due to layers of DRM. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Most streaming services are nothing like Steam. "Your" stuff can disappear with no notice and no ability to watch it even if you have it "downloaded" due to layers of DRM. permalink fedilink source parent
