So Henry Cavill is gonna be in the Voltron movie

Man just last week I was saying the world did not need a live-action Voltron, but now I'm saying that with this news, if I was a guy, I'd be forming the head right now.

I'll deflate that head

I really hate the whole "you'll own nothing and like it" future.

Pirates, of course, will face none of these limitations.

It's not fair man

Well, it's just another progression in the erosion of the notion of "ownership." These days you can buy a car, but you don't own all the physical features built in.

It just sounds like a "more money than sense" problem to me, Hotaru-chan. Just don't buy those cars.

Yes but how long until there are no other options? For example, Steam is a huge seller of games online. What if... what's the other one... Gag?

GoG. Good Old Games

Thank you - what if they switch to a license only scheme too? Then what real options are gamers going to have?

Or Anything you buy on iTunes.

And streaming is no better! Shows go on and off all the time.

I will point out that in the old days you got to see a show once when it was broadcast on Network TV and then that was it unless some programmer at the station decided to dig it out of the vault.

That's why Home Video was such a big deal

NOT THAT STUDIOS WANTED IT

What's the future going to be like if things keep going like this?

I've seen timelines where it's just endless microtransactions. You get a bunch "free" when you're born and then it's up to you to top up your balance and everything is deducted, even the cost of oxygen.

What happens if you run out?

If you're "lucky" you get to work in a giant Space Factory producing cheap disposable goods that other people pay credits for and you basically just live out your days in an empty shell of a room eating tasteless nutrition slop or if you're unlucky you get.... "recycled" into the raw materials used to replicate those goods.

...Swell.

Well that's just one possible future.

NOT HELPING, CRESSIDA

All I'm saying is enjoy being probably one of the last generations who knew the feeling of "owning" your own stuff!

REALLY NOT HELPING.