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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by CharlesW on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:46AM (#33080288)
Yes. A bunch of non-Apple devices have an Apple TV app now¹, and you can also play movies to any device that supports AirPlay 2¹.

¹ https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-app/devices/

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by JohnTHaller on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:51AM (#33080361)
That's still Apple hardware/software. If you can't play it outside of the locked down Apple ecosystem which is checking your license, then you don't own it.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by ezfe on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:05AM (#33081417)
> If you can't play it outside of the locked down Apple ecosystem which is checking your license, then you don't own it.

The DRM does not require being online to verify once it's been set up

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by CharlesW on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:15PM (#33083472)
> That's still Apple hardware/software.

Incorrect, Apple did not build the software for all of the listed devices. Apple licenses the protocols and provides reference implementations through their MFi program.

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by scarface74 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:48AM (#33081176)
If your movie is from any of the five participating studios you buy the movie once and it works across all of the major video platforms if you use Movies Anywhere

https://help.moviesanywhere.com/hc/en-us/articles/1150045768...

Blu ray players are also locked down and the embedded keys are subject to revocation

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by password4321 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @02:05AM (#33091861)
Movies Anywhere App Launches with Joint Studio Backing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15456800 (2017)

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by rthomas6 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:03PM (#33082339)
If you buy blu-rays from those five participating studios, they also give you the same Movies Anywhere digital copy.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by FalconSensei on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:46PM (#33083959)
US only though, so if you move you are out of luck.
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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by Mindwipe on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:24AM (#33080820)
You couldn't play a downloaded title on a non-Apple Apple TV device or via AirPlay 2 tbf.

In both scenarios the playback support is that the file just gives the credentials for the device with the Apple TV app or Airplay 2 to go and stream it from Apple's servers. No transfer of the video from a local download occurs.

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Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies by CharlesW on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:17PM (#33083490)
> You couldn't play a downloaded title on a non-Apple Apple TV device or via AirPlay 2 tbf.

You absolutely can.

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