The solution is simple #MATH : #PrimaryFromTheCenter ! 🤔

C’mon, folks, this ain’t rocket 🚀 surgery!

I'm fairly confident that in the EU, and still AFAIK in the UK, this wouldn't be legal. In the UK this is the Unfair Contract Terms Act. The EU legislation is linked below. The schedule of unfair term includes

(d) permitting the supplier to retain sums paid where the latter decides not to perform the contract, without providing for compensation of an equivalent amount from the supplier where the latter is the party cancelling the contract;

eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten…

It's 2023. Saying that people can't be expected to know what they're getting when paying for online content is akin to saying they can't be expected to understand what leasing or financing a car really means for ownership.

At least learning this lesson costs a lot less than having your vehicle repossessed.

Also, usually when you're expected to read a contract before you sign it, you and/or your lawyers get a say in requesting a change to the contract before you sign and agree to it.

You can't do that with a TOS or an EULA, so we're stuck with either never using the service, or "Agreeing" to their terms.

Doesn't mean that we actually think it's a good deal if we agree after reading the TOS or EULA.

#GabeN is right, since #Steam is seen as a desireable function and not a shitty #DRM to the point that developers get bullied and hated if they don't offer their game on it...

After all, #Valve may delist a game but they don't steal it from peoples' libraries!!!

Digital media aside, it is the Refund point that is the stickler here.

If indeed Discovery pulled the rug on Sony in turn, what Sony should do is 1. Write a more in debt explanation of what happened and of course 2. Immediately refund the purchases.

> We sincerely thank you for your continued support

That continued support is why no one has any option to move on and support anything else, while they continue robbing you (anyone wants to argue it's not?) without as much as an apology.

"You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"

I think this is something that should go to court, just because their TOS says XYZ doesn't make it legally binding. I really think this idea of one time rental fees is bogus, if you pay once for it then it's a product, if you have to pay an ongoing fee then, and only then, is it a service that they have a right to cancel.