Digital ownership will never be as good as having your own CD or DVD.

You’re listening to your music and one day your tune is suddenly “not available in your region”. Or a film you like no longer appears in the listings.

If I really like something I’ll keep buying my own copy. Then if Apple Music or Amazon Prime decide to try take something off my hands I’ve paid for, they can’t.

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WonderGirl ·

I purchased some movies and TV shows on Amazon Prime about ten years ago. I had them downloaded for my private use, but there was a catch. They could only be watched using the Amazon player and had to be connected to the internet to validate them. This meant I only had use of them if I had that Amazon Prime account. When I canceled my original account with Amazon and created a new one, I no longer had access to the movies I purchased. I didn't have physical ownership of them anyway. It was a total ripoff. They have since changed their policies on entertainment content. In other words, I never owned them for my use at all. And once I cancelled my account, I had no access to them. And they weren't cheap.