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I don't understand why you don't feel that this is within the realm of possibility? Ignoring that it's Apple for a moment (because lots of people are very stron
by King-Aaron 10y ago
I don't understand why you don't feel that this is within the realm of possibility? Ignoring that it's Apple for a moment (because lots of people are very strongly opinionated about the company), if I had an offline file, and then wanted to ensure that my user was going to continue using my service and not take that file somewhere else, I would probably find a way to make that offline file either call home to base, or be only accessible online. It happens for a lot of stuff. Real world example? Adobe moving to the creative cloud.
- zepto 10y agoBecause the offline file already belonged to the user. Adobe doesn't forcibly move a user's files into the cloud and delete the originals. The fact that you would do this makes sense of why you think Apple would However, it seems like it would have no effect until a user tried to leave, and make an already unhappy customer even more displeased. How can this be a good business decision?
- King-Aaron 10y agoYou need to remember that audio files (and other copyrighted media) isn't like the picture of your cat you painted in Photoshop. If the rights holders to that file request a change - region licenses changing or some such - perhaps that's the reason for the format change.
- zepto 10y agoWe're talking about files purchased independently. Rights holders have no more right to request that they are deleted than they do to send police to take books off your bookshelves.