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>buy Nothing is for sale at the Apple TV "Store". You pay for a license to stream a piece of content, that lasts until Apple or the content owner decides to re

by encom 2y ago

>buy Nothing is for sale at the Apple TV "Store". You pay for a license to stream a piece of content, that lasts until Apple or the content owner decides to revoke it.

walterbell 2y ago
Has any Apple TV purchase been revoked?
- dwighttk 2y ago
  Not sure… I have a bundle of Downton Abbey that is no longer for sale on iTunes and I can play it, but (for a while, they may have fixed it) at the end of an episode you had to navigate to the next episode by selecting the show and scrolling horizontally through every single episode. Technically possible but very irritating. (Funny thing: I was watching the show when the switch happened… I watched two or three with the obvious play next episode in series behavior and then it suddenly stopped working… apple support finally told me it seems like it was related to it being taken off in favor of a bundle with the film included.)
taylodl 2y ago
Meh. Videotape wears out. Video discs break. Books yellow and age and rot. No content you have ever bought lasts forever.
- cesarb 2y ago
  > Books yellow and age and rot. No content you have ever bought lasts forever. Many libraries all over the world have books which have lasted for centuries, far longer than a single person's lifetime. The books I bought as a child can last longer than my own body. That's close enough to "lasting forever" for most practical purposes.
  - taylodl 2y ago
    Centuries-old books have had special care to preserve them. If you want your personal books to last most of your lifetime, then there needs to be a modicum of care taken, which isn't always possible, especially while you're in transit and moving from one place and into another. How many books have been lost that way? The whole point was someone lamenting digital license may not last forever (though Apple's has, so far) and I'm just reminding everyone that physical media doesn't last forever either.
    - HappMacDonald 2y ago
      Part of the concern is "I can keep it longer if I take care of it or if I keep track of it properly", eg if it gets lost or ruined its due to some lack of care by the end user, vs "I only get to keep it until some third party decides I don't get to have it any more".
      - taylodl 2y ago
        Then buy physical copies of everything. Oh sure, you lose a huge convenience factor, but at least no third party has control over it.
        JetSpiegel 2y ago
        Can you even buy physical copies of streaming shows? Or online news? Or podcasts?
  - robotresearcher 2y ago
    They can but many do not in practice. Lots of the trade paperbacks I bought in the 1970s and 80s fall apart now if I actually read them.
    - fwip 2y ago
      Interesting. I have paperback books that my grandmother owned in the 40's that are a little fragile, but still easy to read without damaging. Perhaps they were a more expensive production process than yours.
- ekianjo 2y ago
  physical media, you can make copies of.

by encom 2y ago

>buy Nothing is for sale at the Apple TV "Store". You pay for a license to stream a piece of content, that lasts until Apple or the content owner decides to revoke it.

walterbell 2y ago

Has any Apple TV purchase been revoked?

dwighttk 2y ago
Not sure… I have a bundle of Downton Abbey that is no longer for sale on iTunes and I can play it, but (for a while, they may have fixed it) at the end of an episode you had to navigate to the next episode by selecting the show and scrolling horizontally through every single episode. Technically possible but very irritating. (Funny thing: I was watching the show when the switch happened… I watched two or three with the obvious play next episode in series behavior and then it suddenly stopped working… apple support finally told me it seems like it was related to it being taken off in favor of a bundle with the film included.)

taylodl 2y ago

Meh. Videotape wears out. Video discs break. Books yellow and age and rot. No content you have ever bought lasts forever.

cesarb 2y ago
> Books yellow and age and rot. No content you have ever bought lasts forever. Many libraries all over the world have books which have lasted for centuries, far longer than a single person's lifetime. The books I bought as a child can last longer than my own body. That's close enough to "lasting forever" for most practical purposes.
- taylodl 2y ago
  Centuries-old books have had special care to preserve them. If you want your personal books to last most of your lifetime, then there needs to be a modicum of care taken, which isn't always possible, especially while you're in transit and moving from one place and into another. How many books have been lost that way? The whole point was someone lamenting digital license may not last forever (though Apple's has, so far) and I'm just reminding everyone that physical media doesn't last forever either.
  - HappMacDonald 2y ago
    Part of the concern is "I can keep it longer if I take care of it or if I keep track of it properly", eg if it gets lost or ruined its due to some lack of care by the end user, vs "I only get to keep it until some third party decides I don't get to have it any more".
    - taylodl 2y ago
      Then buy physical copies of everything. Oh sure, you lose a huge convenience factor, but at least no third party has control over it.
      - JetSpiegel 2y ago
        Can you even buy physical copies of streaming shows? Or online news? Or podcasts?
- robotresearcher 2y ago
  They can but many do not in practice. Lots of the trade paperbacks I bought in the 1970s and 80s fall apart now if I actually read them.
  - fwip 2y ago
    Interesting. I have paperback books that my grandmother owned in the 40's that are a little fragile, but still easy to read without damaging. Perhaps they were a more expensive production process than yours.
ekianjo 2y ago
physical media, you can make copies of.