Remember when you owned stuff?

(doctorow.medium.com)

52 points | by 7777777phil 55 days ago

4 comments

  • fnoef
    55 days ago
    Isn’t it ironic that it’s posted on medium?
    • sudahtigabulan
      55 days ago
      It looks this way at first glance, but at the end of the article is a link to the original:

      > If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

      > https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/14/sole-and-despotic/#world-...

      This is a case of Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere - https://indieweb.org/POSSE

    • treetalker
      55 days ago
      I don't know, I

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  • ChrisArchitect
    55 days ago
  • pjmlp
    55 days ago
    I still do.
  • FrankWilhoit
    55 days ago
    Don't do nostalgia. Ownership is a good thing. Say why. Don't do nostalgia.
    • roxolotl
      55 days ago
      He’s pretty clear in the fourth paragraph about one major issue. It only goes on more from there.

      > Under Section 1201 of the DMCA, it's a felony to modify your own property in ways that the manufacturer disapproves of, even if your modifications accomplish some totally innocuous, legal, and socially beneficial goal. Not a little felony, either: DMCA 1201 provides for a five year sentence and a $500,000 fine for a first offense.

    • bobson381
      55 days ago
      Nostalgia is the only remaining product tho
      • FrankWilhoit
        55 days ago
        Yes! But it's not one of ours, it's one of theirs.
      • m463
        55 days ago
        though it isn't what it used to be.
        • tanseydavid
          55 days ago
          I know--ever since they changed to a subscription model.