Zach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agoAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1596arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1574arrow-down1imageAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksZach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-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-squareShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up169arrow-down1·9 months 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-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down3·9 months agoThen, when they remove it, they offer you a measly $5 gift card only redeemable on their platform.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·9 months 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]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoA gift card isn’t a refund It also doesn’t change the false implication they would “own” the digital copy
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoIt’s a refund in the sense that you can exchange it for an item of equal value. A real refund would be more appropriate, I agree.
minus-squareNeve8028@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoUsually if you complain you can get a real refund. The other post was Amazon and they usually bend over backwards to make customers happy. Still pretty shitty that you have to jump through some hoops, though.
minus-squarePiranha Phish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agohttps://lemmy.world/post/6245858
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoAnd people will go ‘you didn’t buy it!’ like it doesn’t say “Buy” right fuckin’ there.
minus-squareRBG@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·9 months agoTrue, but it just says “buy 4k” which for all we know could mean “buy a temporary license to watch the 4k movie”.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoAAAAAUUUGHHHHH!!!
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.
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
It’s a refund in the sense that you can exchange it for an item of equal value. A real refund would be more appropriate, I agree.
Usually if you complain you can get a real refund. The other post was Amazon and they usually bend over backwards to make customers happy. Still pretty shitty that you have to jump through some hoops, though.
Who does that??
https://lemmy.world/post/6245858
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!!!
“Own” it.