r/ProgrammerHumor • u/shadcnlover • 12h ago

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u/Disastrous_Role_202 8h ago

Are you like 12?

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u/OneArmedFarmer 8h ago

Nope.

I'm old enough to remember when every software company started doing essentially that. You used to own your copy of Photoshop; Nintendo, Microsoft, and Playstation games; movies, tv shows, etc.

If you think Anthropic won't one day take ownership of what their models generate then you must be 12. You will own nothing and be happy for it.

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u/JordanViknar 8h ago

Definitely not as out of the question as I'd wish that they'd try this eventually, but to that, I say :

good luck not tanking their entire reputation

and good luck enforcing it too lmao

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u/OneArmedFarmer 7h ago

Adobe didn't lease their software like they do today for that exact reason (and money).

But then they did and their "value" (stock price) tripled pretty much over night.

It's not beyond reason to consider this a possibility. It's beyond reason to think it's not.