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You don’t own what you ‘bought.” Amazon Kindle, etc, but Apple too.
On April 9, 2004, I “purchased” a digital copy of a Ton Koopman / Amsterdam Baroque Choir performance of Bach’s Easter Oratorio. I downloaded it to iTunes. I have the receipts.
Somewhere along the way, Apple decided that it would be better (for them, not me) to keep the files “safely” in the cloud. I think they called it iTunes Match or something. Then some licensing agreement expired or something so they removed it from their servers. So this Good Friday, when I want to listen, . . . Anyone want to guess?
My physical Archiv CD set of the St Matthew Passion has no such issue. Neither do I expect this from books of paper and ink.
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There is no "cloud"
There is no "cloud", only "someone else's computer". Unfortunately people tend to learn that too late.
This is why I resent modern ways of licensing software (subscription, what subscription?) and generally distrust anything that I can't get a copy of and install it without internet.
Not Only Software
This has been a growing greedy problem with many companies. New John Deere, Mercedes, etc. won't run unless monthly payments are made for operation. The EV one thought they purchased still belongs to the company. Apple and other companies have cloud storage for my iPhone and or computer, Facebook, Youtube wants my physical address along with storing megabytes of cookies on my computer and in cache. OU Medical and other companies wanted to download aps on my phone and computer.
I install aps I have researched which aren't invasive. Don't own vehicles which need permission for me to drive, and I constantly scrub cookies and cache from most sites now. What is on my phone is backed up to a jump drive even if Apple is storing it in cloud. Can't get completely away from invasion on my privacy but I can limit what they collect.
Hugs Catherd
Barb
Sadly we can't stop the world from trying to control our life but we can do damage control.
Oklahoma born and raised cowgirl