You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

  • @[email protected]
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    8410 months ago

    I wonder if that would hold in court. They could simply use “rent” or “lease” in their ads, but they purposely are trying to mislead to imply permanence.

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      5310 months ago

      The people who can afford to fight this kind of court case have no interest in doing so.

        • Bakkoda
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          1510 months ago

          The consumer isn’t the last rung on the ladder. We’re on the fuckin ground. With footprints on our faces and medical bills to prove it.

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          10 months ago

          to give an actual answer instead of jaded teenage bullshit:

          yes, we have several

          Don’t expect any actual info from people around here. something tells me the comment section isn’t up for a fair analysis at where these things have failed us. it’ll be all soapbox, zero fact. I’m pretty baffled at how many people just told you No

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            10 months ago

            Of that list, BBB is apparently more of a business extortion scene. But consumer reports seems cool, I’ve used their site a few times.

            The rest, I’ve never heard of

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        110 months ago

        We should start a gofundme then to get the funds needed to afford such a fight. Id throw in 100$. Might take a few thousands of me, and a lot of time, but it should start somewhere.

        • @iknowitwheniseeit
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          410 months ago

          Or join the EFF which already does great work in this area. They don’t always succeed, but I doubt a GoFundMe could do better.

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      710 months ago

      Or “watch”. That way they don’t have to make it obvious that their customers won’t own it but still don’t straight up lie.