What do people mean when they say you don’t actually own the games you buy digitally?

Question

I guess this comes under both technology and economics.

But yeah I don’t get it. You pay money for a game, you now own that game. That’s how a transaction works. If I don’t own it what on earth did I pay all that money for? How can companies get away with this?

In: Technology

Answer 1

You own a license to play said game. You don’t own a copy of the game to do what you like with it.