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Originally Posted by Abrasrose
Amazon controlling how you get ebooks and long you can keep them reminded me of back in the day when we recorded things on TV and could lend them to a friend. It would be similar to inviting friends over to watch the movie. Maybe that's considered bad now? How about lending books? Playing music for your friends instead of asking them to buy it for themselves? It's getting confusing.
I was referring to the increase in control over product life and usage. I liked lending stuff out to friends. That's why I bother. What are you recording shows on? Can you lend them to people? How?
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Ah, there's the context I was missing. I don't think of recorded tv as something to keep. I delete it when I've watched it. Even back in VCR days, I would record over something I was done watching. If someone had missed recording something and I hadn't yet taped over mine, I'd lend it. But nowadays you often have streaming and then dvd/blu ray. I guess the closest equivalent to lending tapes these days is sharing a Netflix password. Which, of course, they are cracking down on.