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I'd be a lot less bothered if the UI for services like Sony didn't use words like "buy" to describe what customers are doing when they pay for content. It would be a lot more honest to describe it as a rental for an indefinite time period. But of course then very few people would choose that option.
I agree, it feels like this is a place where the law or regulation needs to come in and enforce something like - rent vs lease vs buy.
The average consumer thinks "buy" means forever, and that's just not the case in these scenarios. It really is more like leasing it.
Looking at you Steam
I have 15 years of rented video games
Also that option is always like 4 times more expensive for no real reason