I'm really glad I didn't buy anything through Google Play Movies. My YouTube account is a brand account for some reason and I can't change it back to a normal user account. Brand accounts can't watch purchased content.
I've rented a movie or two through Google Play but never had the gumption to purchase one owing to the pattern I've seen with Google through their long history of simply walking away from (e.g. abandoning) products and features.
Even their ads contain malware once or twice. Microsoft isn't better, as they have killed music services in the past. Anyway, this re-inforces my belief that you don't own a piece of content unless it's in a industry-standard file (MP3, M4A, AVI, MP4, MKV) on a USB stick. I 've never lost access to any content that way.
New slogan! (Score:5, Insightful)
Google's new slogan should be, "You can't rely on us for anything but ads!"
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I'm really glad I didn't buy anything through Google Play Movies. My YouTube account is a brand account for some reason and I can't change it back to a normal user account. Brand accounts can't watch purchased content.
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I suspect even you have the technical ability to maybe register a new google account (and maybe keep it non-brand)? :)
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From "Do no evil" to "Reliably unreliable"
So... (Score:5, Funny)
"Unreliably evil. Mostly."
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There was an official unofficial "Don't be evil" motto but that was retired in 2018 when they realised how lucrative evil could be.
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