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Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We still own all our CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, so them as long as the players still exist.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Only if the DRM is broken. DRM can make the player stop working sooner. It's literally about making the media less playable.