- we accumulate so much, but own very little. - when you buy a product, you’re no longer buying the product’s lifespan with it. - lifetime software licenses are rare. - physical products (like printers – [[Warzel, Charlie - 2023 - My Printer is Extorting Me]]) can be rendered useless if you don’t maintain a digital subscription with the manufacturer. - these payments are main in perpetuity, otherwise you risk losing access to features, data, or your ability to use the product at all. - [[{3.4a1a2a1c2} cloud rent]]. - [[{2.1} we're losing the magic of our life's ephemera to the cloud]] is a concern about physical media, but it’s also about [[artificial limitations create a user-hostile businesses|user-hostile]] business practices blurring the lines of ownership.