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by AlwaysRock 2649 days ago
"Also - can i just own something? i don't want to perpetually rent things."

I've gone the other way. I used to download and buy movies and music. I never enjoyed having to sort it all in my computer. Thanks to spotify and streaming services I really don't get have to worry about, "owning" these things anymore. Most of the time I didnt actually want to own the movie after watching it once.

I realized this recently about steam. I've got 500ish games. I only buy them because they are on sale and I know I'll play them eventually but don't want to pay full price for them. I'd happily pay a monthly price to be able to rent/stream/play any game in the steam library that I want. It would also solve the near constant issue with multiplayer games where I want to play with friends but they don't want to make a $60 investment for a game they may not enjoy.