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As apps move to the cloud, record albums turn into subscriptions, and books become bits on a Kindle, I fear this sort of thing will become more commonplace. So
by jaysonelliot 15y ago
As apps move to the cloud, record albums turn into subscriptions, and books become bits on a Kindle, I fear this sort of thing will become more commonplace.
Sometimes intentionally, like this example, sometimes you'll lose access to things you thought you had bought as companies merge or expire, or through good old-fashioned screw-ups.
I can run a program on my thirty-year-old Apple computer today just as I could when I bought it, even though the company who made the software may have disappeared in the '90s. Records I bought as a kid are still here, and no one can edit or "deauthorize" the books on my shelf.
I wonder if kids born now will grow up without any expectation that buying any form of software or media entitles them to keep and use what they've bought anytime they want?
- evoxed 15y agoParanoia: in 20 years when you try to go online with your MacBook, it defaults to a kernel message, "Unfortunately this hardware is too old to connect to the U-net and is no longer supported. Please upgrade at ____". I don't buy it, but it is possible, especially as operating systems become more centralized within the cloud and whatnot. Our Apple ][s, Macs, Mac Classics, etc. aren't social enough to be ostracized anyway.
- ctdonath 15y agoThe great irony of the information age is that everything will be forgotten.
- cdrxndr 15y agoWhat's crazy is that kids today won't have music passed down to them per this trend. The license to your iTunes music collection ends with your life as per the Apple ToS (seriously). I don't want to buy licenses. Can we please buy things that are real (like bits, real).
- tomjen3 15y agoNobody gives a shit what the tos say. People will share their music.