You don’t own your apps | Slashgear
What EA (Electronic Arts) has revealed to millions of unsuspecting app downloaders around the world is this: when you pay for an application in the mobile world, you don’t actually own the app itself, you just own the license for the app – and your ownership is not indefinite.
Makes you (re)value physical media a bit higher. I think I’m going to enjoy some 25 year old 8 bit Nintendo games this weekend. Guess we won’t be doing that with Angry Birds in 2037.
Interesting to notice how software as a service is sneaking up on us in the disguise of apps…