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Netflix doesn't have a "purchase" button under every movie/series.

Buying games like Minecraft has always been marketed and communicated as a purchase, just like you'd permanently buy a physical product. Now publishers are slowly attempting to effectively steal or lock away those products after we paid for them. Those two things in combination are not okay, publishers should either be honest or keep their word.




You purchase a monthly subscription. Purchase is just a synonym for buy, it is not equivalent to owning something.


I'm not talking about legal details, but communication. No store page for video games state that the "purchase" button means anything else than, say, the "purchase" button for a shampoo on Amazon. It clearly suggests that when you buy a game you own it, period. When you buy a Netflix subscription it clearly states that it's time-limited.

At least the EU seems to - slowly - fight such antipatterns that everyone knows only exist to mislead consumers.


...or not get acquired.


A purchase is a purchase. Whether I buy a TV or a game, nobody should be able to take away access after I paid for it. Otherwise write "rent" on the button and clearly state that I might lose access at any time if the publisher feels like it.




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