Why ‘buy’ doesn’t mean what you think it does anymore
By Kim Komando

That movie you bought on Apple TV? That game on Steam? It’s a license that can vanish overnight. Here’s what’s really happening to your digital library.

When you click to buy digital content, you’re buying a license that can be revoked anytime.
Apple and Amazon Prime customers have watched purchased movies vanish.
A California law forces stores to admit you’re buying a license. Big Tech didn’t want two systems, so everyone nationwide sees the warning now.

You’ve got a hundred movies on Apple TV. Paid $15 to $20 each. Maybe $1,500 worth of films you think you own. Except you don’t. So many people don’t know that all you bought was a revocable license to stream them until a licensing deal dies. Then your purchase dies with it.

Sony told PlayStation customers it was deleting over 1,300 Discovery shows from their libraries, including ones they’d paid for.