When we buy or rent anything digital, we pay for a certain arrangement of the pixels in our screens (with or without sound) that please us.

  • Cam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would say we are buying 1s and 0s when we buy something that is digital.

  • Zak8022
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    1 year ago

    You’re not wrong, but the same reductionist concept could be applied to anything. All paintings are just oil and canvas. Sculptures are just lumps of clay or metal.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but in a defined square it’s funny because it’s the same pixels and we want them to light up in a certain way to be pleased.