Shane (your reply earlier),

That's true but you can also rent to own, given the financial means to do it and whatnot.  There are also things we don't rent.  Well, there are rental cars but you don't rent "your" car.  You don't rent your TV and rent to own you eventually pay it off.  I might think differently if it was going towards paying off the full price... now that would be fair to me.  You pay it off as you rent + interest for the convenience of making small payments.  It just really doesn't work for me, not saying it's evil or whatever. I don't want it.  I just feel with this cloudy scenario we are being shoehorned into getting used to and eventually accepting renting every single little thing.  Again if someone else is totally cool with the eventual scenario of renting 2 dozen pieces of software and all that, great!  I certainly will pay right out or go open source over the rental thing, no matter what alternative it comes to.  I like the companies that offer multiple "Choices".  Rent it, buy it, whatever it.

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