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Re:Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies by minusSeven on Friday April 23, 2021 @01:49PM (#26917267)
Well that is service vs non service model. For example lets say you buy a ebook from Amazon. You expect the book to stay with you forever. It costs Amazon next to nothing to transfer the 5mb of book data I need to read the book. Compare that with subscription to Kindle unlimited. You get some books you can read but lose access to them once you unsubscribe.

You are not being lied to in the subscription model but it seems the digital buying isn't quite honest.

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Re:Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies by __david__ on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:41PM (#26918375)
Yeah, I think that's why I object much less to Netflix's DRM than to iTunes DRM on movies that I've "bought". Netflix, HBO+, Disney+ never give you the illusion that anything involving them is permanent.
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