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[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It was not like this back in the '90s. Games you purchased were on disk/disks. You installed the game and played the fully completed game that did not require an online connection. You owned that game.
After the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 things changed. So it has not always been like this.

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You were still buying a license to play the games.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

But without a way to enforce it, it was (and still is) functionally identical to owning them outright. What it's legally called is irrelevant.

[–] nepenthes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

But you could trade them with your friends, so single license meant nothing. You owned the game.