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Meme joking about Sony removing GTA VI from user digital libraries

This meme uses a screenshot from the 2006 comedy film *Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny*, where the main character JB meets the Devil. The human character is labeled 'Sony', while the red-skinned horned Devil represents the harmful, unethical implication of Sony's business practices. The top overlay text reads 'when Sony removes GTAVI from everyone's library in 5 years.' The bottom text, spoken by the character labeled Sony, is 'Well, I just wanna say that I'm a huge fan.' The joke satirizes widespread consumer frustration with Sony's history of revoking access to previously purchased digital content from PlayStation user libraries, joking that even the highly anticipated *Grand Theft Auto VI* would not be safe from being removed in the future, framing the practice as evil enough that Sony is actively pleasing the Devil with it.
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This meme uses a screenshot from the 2006 comedy film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, where the main character JB meets the Devil. The human character is labeled 'Sony', while the red-skinned horned Devil represents the harmful, unethical implication of Sony's business practices. The top overlay text reads 'when Sony removes GTAVI from everyone's library in 5 years.' The bottom text, spoken by the character labeled Sony, is 'Well, I just wanna say that I'm a huge fan.' The joke satirizes widespread consumer frustration with Sony's history of revoking access to previously purchased digital content from PlayStation user libraries, joking that even the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI would not be safe from being removed in the future, framing the practice as evil enough that Sony is actively pleasing the Devil with it.

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This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS, as specified in the provided source metadata. It edits a widely used meme template taken from Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny to comment on common grievances among the gaming community regarding digital ownership on Sony's PlayStation platform.

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