Aaron Macarthy Beards
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In the article it mentions you can buy and then download the movie.
With the new Apple TV’s I thought you couldn’t download and save movies. You just streamed them?
How does this actually work then?
I’m lookong at buying an Apple TV but this isn’t exactly the best selling point that anything you buy could be just taken away.
Because it's not widely advertised. Apple makes a big thing of buying content.Im not sure why anyone is surprised by this.
Physical media largely lasts a lifetime. My first CDs and DVDs still work.Content will continued to be lost to time, whether that be license revoked, physical media damage, out of production or otherwise.
What was the format of the movie deleted, probably SD or HD ! Hence if he really cared he would have taken copies to hard drive. If I lost my dvd of Jurassic Park, probably not bothered as would have bought 3 new formats by then.You can download films you buy using iTunes on a PC or a Mac, but you'd be limited to no more than the HD version of that film. You cannot download UHD 4K content from Apple and you've only ever the option of streaming the UHD version of films you've bought from them.
What was the format of the movie deleted, probably SD or HD ! Hence if he really cared he would have taken copies to hard drive. If I lost my dvd of Jurassic Park, probably not bothered as would have bought 3 new formats by then.
Great thing that outweighs this issue is that you get free updates to 4K and Atmos versions. Disks you have to buy new ones all the time. How many of us have bought multiple versions!
By time they start deleting 4K versions we will be on iOS with 4K downloads I suspect.
What they should do is advise this will be deleted in x months you might like to download.
Kevin
In the same boat and found about this the other day. Glad avforums is making it more widely known, too. Still possibly interested in the ATV4K for rentals but I have a feeling that the distribution licensing wars are just heating up so f***ery like this will become more prevalent. Imagine Amazon or Netflix pulling their apps from one TV / STB platform, and another company pulling theirs from the other, one studio pulling their movies from one platform, etc. It could get really messy.Was thinking of buying a Atv 4k for 4k content. However, this article has changed my mind. Thanks Avforums
Note, the 4K versions can also drop back to HD.Great thing that outweighs this issue is that you get free updates to 4K and Atmos versions. Disks you have to buy new ones all the time. How many of us have bought multiple versions!
I'm glad you knew about this because the rest of us didn't.Im not sure why anyone is surprised by this. The money you pay is for a license to access the content.
If it's not in your possession, you don't own it!I'm glad you knew about this because the rest of us didn't.
I was always under the impression when 'buying' it, I would forever hold the title of the said purchase. I usually delete films when I run out of hard disk space and re-download in the future. This now means I may potentially lose purchased films and may not know about it until the time comes to re-download them.
Already asked them. Computer says no.Films have been going backwards to HD then back to 4K as part of the Atmos /tvos12 updates, See the thread on movies turning. This will probably stabilise from Monday!
Would suggest you contact Apple and reverse cancel, although was only £3.99.
Btw how much is the uhd Blu-ray for this movie?
Kevin
I don't think it's quite that simple. People wouldn't expect Google to delete their email on a whim, and they don't even pay to have it stored on their servers. People have gotten used to the convenience of cloud services and the stability brought by vendors has made people feel that their data or purchases are safe. Eg. PC gamers have been buying games on Steam for almost 15 years and you'd be hard pushed to find a PC gamer who still buys physical copies of games. I think people have similar expectations of these movie streaming services.If it's not in your possession, you don't own it!
It still surprises me that people these days still don't know this or even work this out.
I get what you are saying but Steam is different because you still have the game downloaded on your hard drive and Steam also have facilities to back up the game. But you are right in that people made assumptions about availability which simply don't hold up if you have any knowledge of how the Internet "actually" works. But I suppose that is easy for me to say.Eg. PC gamers have been buying games on Steam for almost 15 years and you'd be hard pushed to find a PC gamer who still buys physical copies of games. I think people have similar expectations of these movie streaming services.