11-17-2015, 12:46 PM
I had this happen with ebooks when fictionwise was purchased by B&N. The reader app for iOS broke, then Amazon purchase and basically killed the only third party reader, Stanza.
I lost three early Apple songs since each hard drive upgrade / transfer counted as a user machine.
I now get ALL media into DRM-free versions - buy BR and convert, use Calibre to own my ebooks, etc.
My daughter uses Spotify. I am 100% sure she would pay 3x what she pays now to keep it. Just wait a few years.
Until then, I'm keeping my licensed content in a form that's computer- specific agnostic.
I lost three early Apple songs since each hard drive upgrade / transfer counted as a user machine.
I now get ALL media into DRM-free versions - buy BR and convert, use Calibre to own my ebooks, etc.
My daughter uses Spotify. I am 100% sure she would pay 3x what she pays now to keep it. Just wait a few years.
Until then, I'm keeping my licensed content in a form that's computer- specific agnostic.