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You don’t own your apps | Slashgear

What EA (Electronic Arts) has revealed to millions of unsuspecting app downloaders around the world is this: when you pay for an application in the mobile world, you don’t actually own the app itself, you just own the license for the app – and your ownership is not indefinite.

Makes you (re)value physical media a bit higher. I think I’m going to enjoy some 25 year old 8 bit Nintendo games this weekend. Guess we won’t be doing that with Angry Birds in 2037.

Interesting to notice how software as a service is sneaking up on us in the disguise of apps…

3 May 104 digithoughts

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   Hmmm, now that reduces the need for Tech support!

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   Oh for fuck’s sake, this is why it’s ok to steal software from big companies; they’re doing it to us.

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    This is NOT true. EA has reversed this and has issued an app-ology. Get it? App?- ology? Haha!

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    Its EA, i’m totally not surprised by this.

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    8 bit Nintendo games happening here right now.

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    Wow. This is ridiculous….

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    well duh! EA brought us the pay more for preowned mulitplayer games policy. also they are a terrible company all...

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    It was an error on EA’s part.

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