PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries
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The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.::The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
    74·
    1 year ago

    I’d be a lot less bothered if the UI for services like Sony didn’t use words like “buy” to describe what customers are doing when they pay for content. It would be a lot more honest to describe it as a rental for an indefinite time period. But of course then very few people would choose that option.

    • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      I agree, it feels like this is a place where the law or regulation needs to come in and enforce something like - rent vs lease vs buy.

      The average consumer thinks “buy” means forever, and that’s just not the case in these scenarios. It really is more like leasing it.

        • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          19·
          1 year ago

          We don’t fully know what would happen if Steam decided to turn evil. But, so far they’ve been pretty reluctant to remove people’s purchases. Even when something is no longer available for sale on Steam, if it’s in your library you get to keep playing it. The bigger issue is when servers for old games go offline. Especially annoying when it’s not multiplayer games, but DRM-type servers for single-player games.

          • Transporter Room 3@startrek.websiteEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Still pissed I can’t play Mercenaries 2 anymore since I don’t have the correct console to play offline, since playing online freezes the game when it attempts to connect to servers.

            I tried all the workarounds on the 360, too. None of them worked so I just resigned to disconnecting my Xbox whenever I wanted to play. Which wouldn’t be a problem now, but back then it was the worst to have to get up and unplug something and be unable to talk to my friends while I play.