There’s a divide though in “alien believers”.
I absolutely believe that other life exists in our vast universe. This is a pretty common opinion among scientific thinkers, space enthusiasts etc. that the universe is simply too huge for us to be all alone.
I also believe that due to that vastness, we’ll never meet any aliens, unless we punch into Europa someday and there happen to be some fish down there.
UFO enthusiasts, on the other hand, have a position that is much less supported by science.
Digital ownership, not storage. As in DRM, GaaS licensing and always-online launchers.
A ROM cartridge was physical ownership, if you had the cartridge, you could play.
A CD-key was also a form of physical ownership, install the game and type in the key from the case, you could play.