I have a new video on YouTube. This time — about how streaming services quietly took away our right to own music, movies, and books. And why this matters more than it seems.

Spotify left Russia in 2022 — and everything people collected there stayed there. Yandex.Music now even censors tracks from twenty years ago. Amazon once deleted purchased copies of Orwell's "1984" directly from users' Kindles. Without warning.

In short, everything you watch, listen to, and read via subscription is not yours. You're just renting it. Temporarily.

In the video, I break down how all this works, why I'm tired of this rental, and what I ultimately concluded.

youtu.be/Au_CuzE8dTE