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mft_today at 11:56 AM0 repliesview on HN

> But with digital intangibles in the cloud, none of this holds true. Your "purchase" belongs to Chad and it's in Chad's garage:

> https://m.xkcd.com/1150/

> So how can you be sore when Chad tires of the sweet deal you cooked up?

Except in the cartoon Chad wasn't paid, whereas in the real life example Sony was. So a more true analogy would be that Chad sold you a fishing rod; you thought it was a purchase and you owned it, and then one day he took it back off you and pointed to the small print you didn't read that stated he could do this.