Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”

Own your shit without anyone's permission or it will disappear

This really grinds my gears. Every company is always complaining about piracy, just to add invasive DRM and/or crappy measures that only ever hurt the consumer.

Some might not act like this is a big deal because those codes typically come with a physical disc, but when you bought the disc you actually bought TWO copies, the physical disc AND the digital code.

What if you sold your code to someone else? GONE. What if you sold your disc? GONE.

This should be illegal but unfortunately they can update their crappy EULA's that say something along the lines of "By using our service you agree to--", and there goes your media that you "own forever".

What a joke.

This actually IS theft, selling you something and then stealing it back!

Relevant (old) XKCD : https://xkcd.com/488/

Fuck these companies. Seriously, they dont give a shit, they are not competitive and want you to keep paying for shit you bought years ago.

🏴‍☠️Just remember to seed

Are you able to download your purchases? I feel like the answer is "no," but if they were serious about your library being "yours" downloading your purchases would have been part of their service plan from the start.

Second time Sony has done this in almost as many months. Fuck Sony.

Just like any lifetime guarantee, its guaranteeing access for the lifetime of the service (which could end at any moment) not your lifetime.

services that promise lifetime or forever accessability should be avoided.

It's wild that I just got my Robotech collectors edition box set, which was a pre-order, a few weeks ago, and it had a Funimation code in it. This was either a sudden decision or very poorly communicated in-house.

Physical media FTW once again.

That said, I still feel bad for the people who got fucked over here. There are a lot of options Sony could have pursued in order to do right by their customers, but instead Sony chose to be shit bags about it.

forever like when harry potter's mum said she'd always be there for him

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Funimation, a Sony-owned streaming service for anime, recently announced that subscribers' digital libraries on the platform will be unavailable after April 2.

For years, Funimation had been telling subscribers that they could keep streaming these digital copies of purchased movies and shows, but qualifying it: “forever, but there are some restrictions.”

But in addition to offering video streaming, Funimation also dubbed and released anime as physical media, and sometimes those DVDs or Blu-rays would feature a digital code.

For people lacking the space, resources, or interest in maintaining a library of physical media, this was a good way to preserve treasured shows and movies without spending more money.

It also provided a simple way to access purchased media online if you were, for example, away on a trip and had a hankering to watch some anime DVDs you bought.

Regarding refunds, Funimation's announcement directed customers to its support team "to see the available options based on your payment method," but there's no mention of getting money back from a DVD or Blu-ray that you might not have purchased had you known you couldn't stream it "forever."

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Death to all ceos and anyone involved in decisions like this

Kill them all, I don't even use these services but holy fuck

How long is “forever”? When it comes to digital media, forever could be as close as a couple of months away.

No, the question was “how long is ‘forever’”, not “how far away is ‘forever’”