Since I have a Kindle if I feel like reading anything paid, sometimes I’ll subscribe for a month or two to Kindle Unlimited, read it, then unsubscribe.

Nope, some of the ones I have seen the “base” version is $70. But to get a good experience or have a better chance at beating it, for the in-game upgrades one has to go for the “deluxe” or higher which is usually $80+. When I bought Riders Republic the cadillac tier of that game was like $140 or something.

I’m not completely against licensing, especially software. I’m against companies licensing buyers away from being able to use what they bought.

So if a license states “You own this as long as you don’t make and distribute copies to other users. Also some lingo allowing for reasonable backup copies.” 100% good in my opinion.

But a license that states “You paid for it but we can take it away for no good reason, such as a few months of inactivity.” BS IMO.

I haven’t bought a triple A game brand new since like 2014 or something. I wait until they have some sort of sale on them first. Literally didn’t buy Cyberpunk 2077 until very recently when they finally knocked it down to $30 a few weeks ago. It actually shocked me to walk by the games isle recently and see that triple A titles including yearly sports games are like $80 now. Crazy IMO. I might go back to reading books.

Yep. We need a law that says “a person owns any item or service they buy for a one time fee. No ‘licensing’ them out of ownership” or legalese for the same thing. Only loophole should be if it’s outright advertised as a subscription service.

Then another law that guarantees access to schematics and repair parts for reasonable fees. No loopholes. Schematics or die, that’s how I roll.