It's all about piracy as well...

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:05, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

It's about enforcing a licensing model
in which you no longer own anything, you just pay for a license to use it, which can be withdrawn at any time without your agreement or control.
See also Amazon (Kindle), Microsoft, Apple, etc.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:14, Reply)

It's an outmoded business model /ac

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:15, Reply)

Would you like to buy vinyl, that you could only access through the internet
from Sony vaults where they have a number of record players. You can listen to the music, but only when the record players are working and only as long as Sony decide to keep them playing that record.

That's basically the same thing. It's a fuck the customer attitude.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:18, Reply)

No sir I would not.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:26, Reply)

I'm pretty sure I can use my Kindle and most Apple things I own
regardless of what they are connected to, though. I see what you mean, but there's no removal of actual functionality for being offline in those cases.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:17, Reply)

No, but if Amazon suspect any irregularity in your account
they wipe your Kindle next time it connects and don't ask why.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 10:20, Reply)