With the end of physical PlayStation games looming, the need for clear digital ownership rights is more pressing than ever.
For its part, Sony believes your rights are very clear: you do not own your digital games, and it's unlikely you're stupid enough to believe otherwise. At least, that's roughly the argument the company's lawyers are presenting in response to a proposed class-action lawsuit.
Sony argues that its current customer-facing disclosures ensure that "reasonable consumers would not be misled" into believing they actually own their digital games. That's according to a Game File report (paid article link) citing an August 21 filing Sony's lawyers made in California's Northern District.
This is just the collective action problem in miniature. There's a thousand different versions of this. It's exhausting to care about each individual issue so everyone winds up voting for shit they don't really want with their wallets. And some are oblivious to the problems and don't read the news or care enough for it to effect them.
The better and likely harder thing is to change our politics. With decent governance, the corporations that do this shit would face real consequences. Government corruption be it in the name of "deregulation" or "free markets" or whatever is the problem.
Our regulators and regulations are toothless, and so we live locked inside a scam society.