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This is an interesting argument.

Are you actually consuming anything? The act of consumption implies a physical loss; if the content still exists, what did you consume?

In the examples of diamonds, Ferrari or a beach house, there is a limitation on possession. With content, no such limitation exists; it used to be simply a limitation on distribution. Now the distribution limits are gone.



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