The law may say differently, but you cannot convince me that I don’t own something I bought through a “buy” button. I’ve never seen a book or movie or game or album where the button says “License” instead of “Buy”.
https://www.clarionsolicitors.com/articles/reselling-used-so...
It might be difficult in practice though, with platforms like Steam providing no means to actually resell a game to someone else.
Money can be exchanged for goods and services. (And licenses, but don’t obscure that point in the fine print.)
it's all just whatever people agree upon is the correct thing to do, and people don't agree that what you're saying is the correct thing to do.
Other than the current written law (which is very, very, influenced by corporate lobbyists), how are you coming to this conclusion?
I think this is the point. We want to truly buy with a Buy action, and license or subscribe with License and Subscribe actions. I'm sure people would be mad even if a Licensed or Subscribed item would cease to work, but it's more honest, than saying that someone Bought something.
Creating a copy is violation of copyright. Owning a book, reading it, then reselling the copy you own is not.
'Buying' digital goods nowadays means the vendor can take the goods away from you at any time, for any reason, with zero compensation, and absolutely no possible way to recover said goods.
Correction: creating a copy that doesn't follow fair use requirements, is a violation of copyright.
Now, fortunately, it's illegal to mislead customers that way.