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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 82 points 8 months ago (5 children)

When they remove access to content I paid for... Fuck em.

If buyin' ain't owning, piracy ain't stealin'

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

To be fair, streaming was never buying. It was always paying entry to a library. If stuff gets removed from the library that's the way it is.
That isn't to say I don't agree. Piracy is a service problem, as Gabe Newell so eloquently put it. Streaming started losing the moment it started splintering into cable networks.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sony allowed you to purchase episodes and seasons of shows like Mythbusters. They specifically stated you were purchasing that content.

Then they removed that purchased content from people's account's after they went separate ways with Discovery. Sony and Discovery stole from their customers

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

Yea, that's just plain stupid of them. I don't know how they expected that to go over.

Oh yes, I bought that content, but sure, take it away. I totally understand that the licensing changed.

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