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Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies

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Post by f1refly »

tomc1985 wrote: post #329
lmilcin wrote: post #165

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> We got scammed. Well, depends on how you look at it and how comfortable you are forgetting about how it looked before you could buy online. I pay for convenience which is a service rather than tangible good. If I need a book for my research, I would prefer to have access to it immediately rather than wait two weeks to get it from overseas. My time is valuable and the pause on the project or inconvenience of not hav…

The convenience argument is such bullshit. We have been seduced into selling our rights down the river because we will sacrifice anything to this most pathetic of gods, Convenience. I have been fighting in this war (anti-DRM/copyleft/etc) for decades, and peoples' susceptibility to convenience has always effectively thwarted any kind of counter argument. We are fucking lazy and we should be ashamed of it. Yes I am bi…

I feel your pain, exactly as you describe it. It's all horrible and wrong. And I'm 22.

Re: Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies

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Post by barbacoa »

rafale wrote: post #417
barbacoa wrote: post #413

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I had 19¢ in a bank account I that sat dormant for 4 year. Still there when I logged in and started using the account again.

It's not an inactive account if it is being logged in.

I didn't log in for 4 years.

Re: Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies

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Post by gingericha »

irrational wrote: post #364
datavirtue wrote: post #288

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That is a protection. The government holds the money and you can apply for it anytime. As can your relatives. Have you never received unclaimed funds you didn't know were due to you?

> Have you never received unclaimed funds you didn't know were due to you? No... have you?

Federal unclaimed property site: https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money

State unclaimed property index (find your state site at the top): https://unclaimed.org/search/#

Re: Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies

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Post by thamer »

barbacoa wrote: post #413
BruiseLee wrote: post #207

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Actually that is correct in many countries (including US). After a period of inactivity (typically 3-5 years) the bank is required to turn over the money from inactive accounts to the state. This process is called escheatment. I'm not joking.

I had 19¢ in a bank account I that sat dormant for 4 year. Still there when I logged in and started using the account again.

Let's hope they don't close your account.

In Futurama's "A Fishful of Dollars"[1] Fry discovers that the $0.93 he had in his account when he was cryogenically frozen in the year 2,000 had grown at 2.25% a year to almost $4.3 billion when he was reawakened 1,000 years later.

Yes, the match checks out[2]: 0.93 * (1.0225 ^ 1000) ≈ 4,283,508,449.71

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fishful_of_Dollars

[2] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.93+*+%281.0225+%5E+1...

Re: Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies

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Post by salawat »

fanciestManimal wrote: post #405
salawat wrote: post #392

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Nice deflection, but the poster is absolutely right. It's a difficulty I'm having to teach the little ones in my life around. Without the understanding of the real foundational units of computing, but a "flawless" User Experience that results in the ability to get things done regardless, we're decoupling the operating the computer from understanding it, and creating an unhealthy divergence and captive audience. This…

Do you think there are (per capita) more or fewer software developers today than there were in 1980? I kind of think the inverse of your point is true, to be frank. On a per capita basis, I think it's it likely that way more people understand the fundamentals of computing. I just think software has made computing more accessible to people that don't know the fundamentals, which I think is a good thing. I don't think…

You misunderstand my definition of fundamentals. I'm talking things like filesystems, networking, protocols, hardware, etc. You can spend an eternity learning all the different Apps on Android or iOS.

Not once will you figure out how to develop one without access to a traditional Desktop system, and an understanding of the fundamental underpinnings thereof. That's changing a bit now with some efforts in the FLOSS space, but it is roughly true today.

While there may be more developers now, I do not see a significant decrease in overall tech illiteracy.

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Post by benfrancom »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #343
vladvasiliu wrote: post #268

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But ripping CDs is not the only way of "owning" the media. As another commenter said [0], you can buy and own media without ever touching a physical medium or waiting for the post service to deliver it. I seem to remember at one point Apple was offering DRM-free music. This is pretty convenient for everybody. Yes, you have to buy it ahead of time and store it, as opposed to just streaming right away. But it does seem…

They still do, Apple's MP3s are DRM-free, and you can download them with the iTunes desktop client. Another super handy way: Amazon. Amazon's MP3 download store is DRM-free, but also, Amazon has an "Auto-Rip" feature that means often when you buy the physical music CD, they immediately give you the ability to download the MP3s for free. You get the real purchase of physical media, and the convenience of instant acces…

If you bought Apple's MP3's when they had DRM, you can't get them without it. (Maybe if you re-purchase it?). At least I can't access DRM free music that I purchased initially with DRM.

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Post by crocsarecool »

fsflover wrote: post #214
ghaff wrote: post #194

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>>the ability to use it has been greatly diminished Really? I have tons of music ripped from CDs on my iPhone and I can trivially play that in my car. I have CD players in my car (which I never use) and attached to my stereo (which I rarely use). It's not that the ability to play CDs (or rip them and play them) has been diminished but a lot of people prefer to just use a streaming service. I'll grant that many people…

> I have tons of music ripped from CDs Are you suggesting that it's a simple and convenient thing to do for the public?

Shoot, in the late 90’s I feel like everyone was ripping and burning CDs not just the savvy ones.

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Post by ShinTakuya »

baybal2 wrote: post #53

In other news: Man Sues Apple For Terminating Apple ID With $24K Worth of Content http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4QFg_7qSgss/...

As he should. I can understand restricting an account if he was doing something dodgy with it, but you shouldn't lose access to purchased content, especially if accessing the content does no harm to others (e.g. banning from online games can also make sense situationally).
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