> This is just pedantry, and incorrect pedantry at that. BUY does not always mean you gain ownership. You can BUY a license or a haircut and you don't own anything.

At the end of the day words have to mean something. It is not pedantry to simply discuss what a word or phrase means. There are false advertising laws for a reason.

To that end, I would argue you've never bought a haircut, you've paid for a service.

The issue at hand here is exactly that the word "buy" is used when discussing the appropriation of a licence for content that in practical terms, is still controlled by someone else.

Maybe there are technical reasons for this to be the case, but then maybe the word "buy" should not be used in this instance.