Zach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksZach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-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-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoThen, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoA gift card isn’t a refund It also doesn’t change the false implication they would “own” the digital copy
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.
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