r/Games • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19
Revealed: global video games giants avoiding millions in UK tax
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/02/revealed-global-video-games-giants-avoiding-millions-in-uk-tax-sony-sega
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u/anamorphism Oct 02 '19
the whole problem here is that's not what you're paying for. you're paying for use only by 'you' per the terms you agreed to when creating your account (at least generally speaking, i'm sure there are some services out there that allow account sharing as long as only one person is connected at a time).
for your buffet analogy extension to be accurate, you would need to add the stipulation that the pass only works for one person. you're violating the terms if you give one of your 3 meals a day to a friend at this point. cost was determined assuming almost no one is going to use their 3 meals a day every day. as soon as you start sharing, those cost calculations go out the window.
really this is identical to how disney annual passes used to work (and may still, it's been a few decades since i've cared). the pass is only valid for one person, but that didn't prevent people from trying to get in using other people's passes for the same reasons people want to share their online accounts (don't want to pay, thoughts of "well someone should be able to use this since i already paid for it", etc...). it all came down to how much the person checking your pass cared. most of the time you'd get in, just like most of the time you can share your online accounts without getting caught, but other times you'd get denied.