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throwawayffffastoday at 2:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

I mean can't you see why 4 and 5 are irreconcilable?

I am all for 1-4 and 6. But reselling digital copies is silly.


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paxystoday at 3:53 PM

> I mean can't you see why 4 and 5 are irreconcilable?

I really can't. The only argument I see is "we can't allow it because every customer is a potential thief". What will enabling resale cause? Piracy? Well piracy is happening regardless. People who want to illegally download games can do it today in one click. Instead the piracy excuse is being used to restrict legal resale so you have no option but to pay the publisher's inflated sale price.

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lcnPylGDnU4H9OFtoday at 3:57 PM

I read 5 as reselling the singular copy one owns similar to how a disc or cartridge can be resold.