"No Reasonable person would think they owned what they purchased" says Apple

On YouTube, they offer you a rental option for movies, or you can buy them. Buying them is always the more expensive option, and now you're telling me that buying isn't really buying? I smell a class-action lawsuit brewing.

If you agreed to their terms and conditions you're probably screwed.

I will never "purchase" another anything from Apple again except hardware. They make great stuff but between this and them slowing down devices and battery life.......wait why am I even buying hardware? They might have a clause that says they can repo that stuff too. Maybe my Apple days are through. Expensive enough without the other bullshit.

I usually try to buy music direct from the artist if available, alot of times it is a download and a physical copy is sent to me later.

Before my recent road trip, I downloaded about a dozen episodes of The Honeymooners onto my Prime app so I could watch them while camping without a cell or wifi signal.  I tried watching them on the drive back, but low and behold they're now charging for them (something like $1.99 per episode).  I had watched 10 of them and had two left to go, but they were no longer accessible.   Kind of a foot in the door of the premise of OP, but also curious if they've somehow "targeted" me to suddenly charge for something that was free because I used it?  And if not, why are they charging $1.99 per episode of a black and white tv show from nearly 70 years ago???

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Because they can. 

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Yeah, I know.

But still ... it's not just the Honeymooners, I've seen it with shows like Little House on the Prarie and CHIPS.  It'd be awfully interesting to see how the bean counters approach the issue of retaining a balance of an appealing repository of "free" (with subscription)  programming vs. what is pay-per-view regarding these old programs. 

Because shareholders have to see a profit every 3 months.

I’m not sure of the details but couldn’t apple argue that he had the opportunity while his account was active to back up the files??

I have a batch of old Apple Mac computers that still work,  and it's tricky getting the software which runs right on them, in their obsolescence.

However there are repositories of "Abandonware" up for grabs.

Developers have left the obsolete versions in the ditch, offer no support, or have gone out of business.

But I'm OK running an ancient version of Bryce3D or some other graphics stuff,  in that they are complex softwares which take hundreds of hours to learn. Whatever version they have now, it's fine for me to plink around with the 2005 offering and learn how to construct a Cone, a Toroid, a Croissant and apply texture maps.

So I own the machines and can transfer ownership, but I can't transfer licenses for the softwares,  or maybe I'm allowed...

Seems like many software developers don't bother selling a box with some DVD media and a manual these days, but rather a Subscription.

So I own the machines and can transfer ownership, but I can't transfer licenses for the softwares,  or maybe I'm allowed...

In almost all cases, you do not own any software you purchase. You only own a license to run that software and are not allowed to sell or transfer ownership in any manner except if it comes with a specific computer and you sell that computer itself. In that case the software license transfers along with the hardware. At least with software, it's always been that way.

In the case of music purchases, if you buy a physical copy of the music, you can transfer ownership (a CD, physical album or single) to someone else. With digital files the law is not clear or has been completely litigated. There was some actor (forget who) who gave an old iPOD that was filled with music to his kid and Apple, upon set up with a new iTunes for that kid, deleted all the music files and stated that the actor was not able to transfer the music, only the iPOD itself. Not sure if that was decided in the courts yet but knowing Apple's lawyers and how they slow everything down to the point that most people can't afford to fight them, I would almost bet it's still being litigated. Apple will spend 10 million dollars in legal fees to make sure someone has to pony up another $500 for music.  

If you read the e long list of terms (which nobody does) there's all that of bullshit clauses in there. Apple is just one of the most unethical mega companies in existence. The most recent class action lawsuit which resulted because they literally were literally producing iPhones to fail within four or five years. The class action was nothing but a slap on the wrist. I still think Facebook is a probably the most unethical and criminal company in the world but Apple isn't far off.

My brother in law just got an iPhone 12. They didn't even include the complete charger with his purchase. 

YOU DIDN'T READ IT!!!

https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/mqk1s7/south-park-you-didn-t-read-it

I guess all the GMO folks (needleheads) are technically, now property of Moderna or Pfizer.

What did it say on the insert in the box of vials ?

And right on Q, it's Stu and his tinfoil hat BS ^

stu, were you at the capitol on January 6th?