Sony to remove previously purchased content from Discovery from Playstation user libraries

[pustal]

Sony announced that content from Discovery will be removed from Playstation by December 31st. This will include not only the removal from store listings but user account access as well, meaning that even if you paid for the content, you will lose access to it.

You can see all content to be removed on their announcement page, ranging from a wide variety of shows, from MythBusters to Miami Ink.

This should be a reminder that in modern technology, you own nothing digitally except a limited license, have very limited rights to it and are at the mercy of the companies you buy from, unless legislation is made to protect you in that regard.

 

[chrisrlink]

didn't discovery channel go belly up? (that and an expired contract will do it too)

 

[The Catboy]

Sony is dealing with a lot of L's this year

 

[pustal]

didn't discovery channel go belly up? (that and an expired contract will do it too)

I believe if the contract would have been designed to protect purchases, even if Discovery ended, it could have been effective.

 

[Bladexdsl]

cmon sony don't copy in nintendos footsteps...

 

[ZeroT21]

This is the norm for big corp, always seeking short term profits, screw the customers

 

[spinal_cord]

*Yarr*

Just sayin'

But seriously, if you want to own something, buy the physical version. That goes for games consoles too, buy the disk version of the console and buy the disk games, or else this can happen with everything you 'own'.

 

[Bladexdsl]

buy the disk games, or else this can happen with everything you 'own'.

that's IF they are available it's getting more and more rare to get the damn discs now. for instance i wanted to get the disc version of my time at sandrock they did a disc version of portia but nah this time too fucking lazy to print a disc!

 

[CMDreamer]

And that's why I prefer above all things physical games that have all of its content on the media (cartridge, CD, DVD, etc.).

Those digital download key disks are also part of the equation of you own nothing but a code that entitles you to download content from the owner and use it as long as the owner want you to, it really sucks.

But even with all those caveats people/users/"gamers" keep buying clouds in the air.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Told you digital purchases were just long-term rentals.

It's yet another warning for digital purchase supporters.

 

[Bladexdsl]

It's yet another warning for digital purchase supporters.

except physical media is going the way of the dodo so we are fucked either way

 

[ZeroT21]

except physical media is going the way of the dodo so we are fucked either way

Going legit is like asking to be screwed over

 

[herbemoji]

big company does bad thing

pretty tired of seeing that kinda story over and over lol

 

[Bladexdsl]

big company does bad thing

pretty tired of seeing that kinda story over and over lol

welp get used to it because this is the future now!

 

[Marc_LFD]

except physical media is going the way of the dodo so we are fucked either way

Piracy and non-DRM digital media are still reliable.

 

[B.B.Link]

Who watches videos on their PS5 anyway?

 

[Marc_LFD]

Who watches videos on their PS5 anyway?

There's probably people who do, but you're missing the point that digital format can't be trusted.

Unless it has no DRM or it's piracy.

 

[urherenow]

This is why I refuse to buy things from the eshop, unless a physical copy doesn't exist. Although my Steam library is quite large nowadays, I'll always prefer buying from GoG. I'm sure a good chunk of my Steam library is through Humble Bundle codes.

 

[mrdude]

There's probably people who do, but you're missing the point that digital format can't be trusted.

Unless it has no DRM or it's piracy.

I used to buy games on xbox gold in the 360 days, then my console got banned so I couldn't play those games online anymore. Ever since then I stopped buying downloaded games and would only buy second hand dvd/blueray ones from game. I do have some original PC/PS1/PS2/PSP/PS3/PSVita games and some OG xbox/360 games and 1 switch game - but I stopped buying games a few years ago now and I only pirate for the exact reason that most new games need online activation/patches and extra downloads to work properly and many are not even at a proper release state when released so you are forced to go online to get a patch. The fact that these companies servers go ofline so often and they can pull your paid content at any point doesn't inspire me to part with my money anymore so I will stick to piracy from now on.

 

[ILuvGames]