Big Tech is Destroying Ownership

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Do you own the music that you listen to? If you collect vinyl records or just happen to still have CDs laying around, then you do. But the majority of us in 2023 rely on subscription services like Spotify or Apple Music to borrow the music we enjoy. What about the movies you watch? Well, thanks to the access we have to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, very few of us feel the need to own DVD or VHS tapes anymore and have instead become borrowers of the movies we watch as well.

You might think these are just subscription models, but what about the games you buy from Steam, the PlayStation store or the Xbox Store, do you own those games? Or do you just own access to those games? If you own it, shouldn’t you be able to resell, lease, or even borrow it to someone else? These are just a few examples of how big tech has created a business model that has almost entirely erased personal ownership. And entertainment is just the beginning.

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[angeltzepesh]

This is why piracy should be fought for.

[moodhot]

if company are moving towards greed, someone should just be the "pirate", and share it with the poor

[uniquet_mg]

Protect this guy and channel at all cost

[kopkazemco]

Ironic that the video is about not owning things and the sponsor is pushing you to invest in art by partially owning a masterpiece. 🤯

[Phoenix]

One thing not mentioned is the obvious consequences of an interruption of income, ie, sudden job loss. The results have always been severe but it will be worse if people don't own anything.

[axel]

remember piracy is moral because you makin' a copy not stealing

[Nik.leonard]

I had the luck of being able of buy my apartment instead of relying on rent, before the bubble skyrocketed the prices. I don't have a car but I have a motorcycle, and I have a lot of cartridges, optical media and vinyl records.

[josiahjackson]

the trend of car companies trying to make you pay a subscriptions for features pisses me off the most.

[brookiebrooke]

Hey man, I’m just happy to still have ownership of my own mind.

[marygreen]

I think a major aspect of sharing is power. For example, people don’t worry so much about public transport as they have some political power to affect its operations. However, big tech is privately owned and companies trap users in separate platforms. I think an interesting approach would be to make cloud services (such as storage or email) a utility, like WiFi or electricity. This way users would actually *own* their data and see if Google, for instance, stores tracking information through Gmail. This would be quite difficult to implement but worth it IMO.

[teddyfurstman]

Digital is both a blessing and a curse. This is why I own both Digital and Phycial Music on CDs, and Vinyl. Also, Dvd's and Blu Ray's. I'm also use Streaming Services like Youtube, Netflix and Spotify.

[meow]

That's why I'm a pirate 💀 never trust the big corporations

[amirbahalegharn]

that's why i always advocate for having offline contents resources. try as many as you can to buy bi storage harddisks and save things for any foreseeable future. movies, music, games, anything... just think about that internet has cut off or simply you don't have access or the service is expired or done, now you need to have sth to replace it. so it's better to keep as much information and contents as possible offline the old way instead of relying on internet & digital not own materials.

[grey]

Gentlemen we are entering the golden age of piracy once more, this time we set sail in the digital sea.

[KilosFlo]

Tells us to fight for our rights and to remove subscriptions from our life
Also: aperture trys to sell you a subscription about investing in art lol

[Blackpilld]

I felt this many years ago when Spotify finally came up thinking “I hope the day never comes I don’t own music anymore.” That day came and went.

[BirdsTheWurd]

This is why open source is such a powerful and important concept integrated into law.

[GameplayandTalk]

As someone who’s into video games, this is a conversation I have with others seemingly all the time. Great to see the issue addressed on this channel!

[imabadpilot]

It’s the pirates life for me 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️