As im writing on second hand digital markets, im beginning to think more about license ownership. Digital ownership means you can have access to that item if you have access to any device that can reach that program. I found myself thinking about my Beats headphones in a weird way. Their relatively expensive headphones and my roomate and I both own a pair. My pair broke spontaneously one day and I was very disheartened. I asked my roomate if I could use his headphones, but I felt cheated in a way. With my tainted rewired brain thinking of everything in ownership through licenses, I felt entitled to use those headphones: as if I owned a license that entitled me to the use of any nearby Beats headphones.
Thinking of tangible items in terms of digital licenses
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