EPISODE · Jul 25, 2026 · 18 MIN
Do You Actually Own Your Digital Games?
from HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers · host Matt Lawrence and Mike Karan
Do you actually own the digital games you buy? An Xbox player in Brazil successfully sued Microsoft after a hacked account left him locked out of his entire digital game library - and his other Microsoft services. The court ordered Microsoft to restore his account and compensate him, raising some interesting questions about the rights consumers have over their digital purchases. In this Web News, Matt and Mike discuss digital ownership, game preservation, account bans, DRM-free alternatives like GOG, and whether buying a digital game is really ownership - or just an indefinite rental. Show Notes: https://www.htmlallthethings.com/podcast/do-you-actually-own-your-digital-games
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An Xbox player successfully sued Microsoft after losing access to his digital game library. We discuss what the case could mean for digital ownership, game preservation, and whether the games we buy digitally are really ours.
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