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Although a sense of ownership in digital matters is not very convenient for the average user, even when they are paying for what they use and consume, there are considerations about user accounts and the value they can have. In a world moving rapidly and almost compulsorily towards digital, a perspective has emerged about what happens to what happens to a user’s account after death, and some companies are already addressing this question.
Digital inheritance? Tencent is already thinking about it
According to a report by Daniel Ahmed, an analyst at Niko Partners, Tencent, the Chinese telecom giant, has obtained a patent relating to “inheritance of digital items and assets after a person dies.” In this sense, the intention of the Chinese company is to leave the user voluntarily or in a document submitting his will before his death, benefiting from everything he has in digital matters, that is, in relation to an account on platforms in this sector.
Tencent received a patent this month, originally filed in 2019, that relates to the inheritance of digital items and assets after a person dies.
Although not entirely related to video games, it has sparked online discussions about game accounts/inheritance of virtual items. pic.twitter.com/ltmtFYndId
– Daniel Ahmed (@ZhugeEX) 12 July 2021
Although the scope of this patent is not specified, Ahmed notes that Tencent’s idea has sparked controversy over its application in video games and computer or mobile applications. In this sense, the analyst notes that the record obtained by the Chinese company coincides with Apple’s response to these situations, which focuses on its old digital service that allows the user to «designate an administrator who can access someone’s account after them.» the death. «
Undoubtedly, the digital age and the speed of its implementation in various aspects of our lives raise this issue and others, perhaps not from a charitable perspective, but through the idea that the account and its digital content are not lost and continue to generate income and profits for companies. Likewise, these kinds of details need to be addressed in an age when cryptocurrency and NFT have become the center of many operations and investments.
To whom will you leave your digital library and backlog?
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