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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
It's about companies wanting to seize control over what you do with a product after you buy it, wanting you to basically pay over and over again for the same thing. A bizarre form of planned obsolescence.
To me, modifying something you already own is no different than baking your own chocolate chip cookies instead of buying them from the store. If I am doing something myself, I don't need the service.
I own the thing, it's mine, the original seller can just buzz off.
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You've already forgotten the original implementation of DiVX? You buy a movie disc, and every time you play it, the player bills your credit card if you haven't bought an expensive non-transferrable Gold Pass for that movie. Its a technology that mostly went the way of the Betamax, for obvious reasons. No matter what the movie houses released as DiVX, retailers preferred to stock DVDs and customers preferred to buy them.
You also don't technically own it; you're bound by a contract of adhesion to not do certain things from the moment you open the wrapper. I wouldn't be surprised if you've missed your date to report to the Gates mansion as a towel boy.
