Comments by "" (@traveller23e) on "Paying for software is stupid… 10 free and open-source SaaS replacements" video.

@XDarkGreyX Same. It also frustratingly based on a false premise that paying for something means buying it. Genz here, I'm never gunna own a house but that doesn't mean I don't pay for it every month lol
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Not if the software runs exclusively on someone else's server.
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@hashflame I've seen countless EULA prominently featuring the words "This software is licensed not sold." Don't get me wrong, I hate the amount of companies using software as a service models but if you're going to fight against something you have to at least use semireasonable arguments. Just repeating demonstrably incorrect catchphrases isn't gunna cut it. I would love for companies claiming copyright on published software to have to publish the source and build instructions along with other rules ensuring anyone who purchased a right to use software could also maintain it after the company went out of business. It is absurd that lifetime licenses are no longer valid when still used by the original purchasers. A lot of my views on what software-related rights would look like in a perfect world are considered extreme by many. But none of that makes the phrase "If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing" any better.
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@somethings-random-things But that's taking it so it's not piracy. You should break in and copy the data onto your own servers, that's proper piracy. Oh and put a little personalised skull and crossbones sticker on the server on your way out.
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@dheerajvithalkar Much like with houses you can absolutely buy software, you just have to have the money. Software changes hands all the time. Ultimately most of us live in a largely pay-as-you-go world. There is also a philosophical debate to be had regarding what it means to own software, which I suppose ties into debates regarding owning anything else. At the end of the day ownership seems to be a largely cultural concept I believe, but that's a whole other can of worms.
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