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this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?

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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's not the ownership though, that's a subscription to a service. Ownership is something like buying songs on iTunes not listening to them on Apple music.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can buy individual movies on Amazon without a subscription. This doesn't mean you own it. If they stop hosting it, it's gone.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But that is where the difference is, that's not streaming or at least not as the term is used. That was a purchase of a specific title.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago

streaming

noun

a method of transmitting or receiving data (especially video and audio material) over a computer network as a steady, continuous flow, allowing playback to start while the rest of the data is still being received.

Whether it's subscribed, "purchased" or free, if you don't have the full file to copy and do what you want with it, it's streaming.