Sony Is Killing an Iconic Product. It’s a Bleak Sign of Things to Come.
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Fans worry that they might never truly own their beloved games.
  • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I remember software in the 90s having limits on how many computers you could use an application on (however rarely enforced)

    I remember software in the '90s having “limited licenses,” but operating on the honor system. Because you could just install it on as many computers as you wanted and there wasn’t really a way for companies to stop you.

    It wasn’t until the early 2000s when I started seeing licenses verified through the Internet and actually limiting their usage.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      Thanks for the clarification, I’m old and sometimes my memory is more fuzzy on those details. But yeah, it’s always been a license, and back then it felt more like ownership because of the honor system.

    • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      It wasn’t until the early 2000s when I started seeing licenses verified through the Internet and actually limiting their usage.

      Hub, what a coincidence. That somehow started around the time the DMCA came to be and America made most countries world wide adopt a similar legislation to ban cracking drm…