I find the usage of analogies like “I bought a TV” tiring and irrelevant to the case in point.
it’s all apples and oranges . we really need to look at cases that include the following:
- a digital product
- a license with the rights to use the product
- a license with the rights to include the product within another product
anything that falls short all of the above is pointless looking to as an example.
do not forget we’re all developers , and the point of the marketplace for consumers is to save development time, to reach a level of quality one wouldn’t achieve, and/or to save money (compared to hiring a personalized outsourcer), all in the spirit of using it in a larger project and/or for learning purposes. pretending that the product is ‘consumed’ at the moment of the purchase is entirely missing the big picture, the equivalent of saying that someone buys assets just to have them lying on their harddrive