Zach to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year agoAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1695arrow-down1imageAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksZach to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square199fedilinkfile-text
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
minus-square@ShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish92•1 year agoNo you are mistaken with “Or $5 mire to own it”. You own a license to watch for the amount of time the platforms decides to keep it up.
minus-square@mindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year agoAnd people will go ‘you didn’t buy it!’ like it doesn’t say “Buy” right fuckin’ there.
minus-squareRBGlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year agoTrue, but it just says “buy 4k” which for all we know could mean “buy a temporary license to watch the 4k movie”.
minus-squareDecoy321linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThen, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoOn that last post where someone got a refund they gave a full refund as a gift card and an additional 5 euro gift card. (Not saying it’s an okay think to do, just in case you’re referencing it.)
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoA gift card isn’t a refund It also doesn’t change the false implication they would “own” the digital copy
No you are mistaken with “Or $5 mire to own it”. You own a license to watch for the amount of time the platforms decides to keep it up.
And people will go ‘you didn’t buy it!’ like it doesn’t say “Buy” right fuckin’ there.
True, but it just says “buy 4k” which for all we know could mean “buy a temporary license to watch the 4k movie”.
AAAAAUUUGHHHHH!!!
Then, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.
On that last post where someone got a refund they gave a full refund as a gift card and an additional 5 euro gift card.
(Not saying it’s an okay think to do, just in case you’re referencing it.)
A gift card isn’t a refund
It also doesn’t change the false implication they would “own” the digital copy