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If the contract has an end date then there’s no reason not to mention it during the sale.

You don't always know that, you can have an open ended license with an option to get it revoked in the future with some notice period. I'd be pretty sure that PlayStation also had that in their terms and covered themselves legally for that option.

> I'd be pretty sure that PlayStation also had that in their terms and covered themselves legally for that option.

Hiding behind hidden T&C should just straight up not be allowed. Imagine if you go to a store and any item you wanted to buy you'd have to read 20 pages on a book next to the item before you'd be able to put it in your cart, else the product producer may just at some time in the future barge into your house and destroy the item.

Would I sell you something if there was a 1 in 100 chance that I have to steal it back from you sometime in the future? Nope.

Would I at least refund you for stealing back that thing you cherish and have possibly watched with your family and kids many times? Absolutely. Wouldn't be able to sleep otherwise.

But I guess that's the morality speaking, and we must kill it violently for marginal profits.

It's not very helpful if the contract gets renewed 99.9% of the time, but in this case it didn't happen to.

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