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0 pointsmsh13y ago0 comments

If amazon is not selling me a electronic copy of the book it should be illegal for them to call the button doing this transaction "buy".

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Might not be. They might just mean buy 'temporary license' or something like that.

tomp13y ago

I'm not a native English speaker, but isn't the proper term for that "rent"?

I buy an MSDN license. I buy a fishing license. The license is simply a fixed term item that you purchase.

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0 pointsmsh13y ago0 comments

If amazon is not selling me a electronic copy of the book it should be illegal for them to call the button doing this transaction "buy".

Might not be. They might just mean buy 'temporary license' or something like that.

tomp13y ago

I'm not a native English speaker, but isn't the proper term for that "rent"?

I buy an MSDN license. I buy a fishing license. The license is simply a fixed term item that you purchase.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse