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Post by houpla on Jan 1, 2024 11:12:30 GMT 1
Today's numpty question....perhaps a result of last night's bubbly, but when you download books or music, whether from Amazon Prime, Amazon Kindle, Spotify or wherever, where exactly is the stuff downloaded to? I assume it's not physically to the device or it's storage, given the potential volume? Is it to their 'virtual' space or the Cloud or what? So if you take out an abonnement, you're actually paying to access that virtual space? If that's the case, why would you need to 'transfer' your downloads from one device to another? Surely if you log in to that provider on any device, you have access to your content? I know that's how it works for Spotify, but Amazon has got me thoroughly bamboozled  |
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Post by Nifty on Jan 1, 2024 11:17:46 GMT 1
I was under the impression that if one downloads a file it is stored on the computers Hard Drive.
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Post by lapourtaider on Jan 1, 2024 11:19:41 GMT 1
I would suggest a book is an extremely small file. Thousands of books wouldn't take up much space.
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Post by suein56 on Jan 1, 2024 11:22:52 GMT 1
I was under the impression that if one downloads a file it is stored on the computers Hard Drive. If that is how your saving of downloads has been set up .. Houpla has a tablet .. which may save data in a different manner. |
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Post by houpla on Jan 1, 2024 11:27:08 GMT 1
Maybe not, but then you'd have them permanently, wouldn't you? That doesn't seem to be the case with any of the subscription services  Or is it all about the format used, which prevents you from accessing what you've downloaded unless you subscribe? |
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Post by houpla on Jan 1, 2024 11:31:11 GMT 1
There's never a six-year old around when you need one  |
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Post by suein56 on Jan 1, 2024 11:34:29 GMT 1
Maybe not, but then you'd have them permanently, wouldn't you? That doesn't seem to be the case with any of the subscription services Or is it all about the format used, which prevents you from accessing what you've downloaded unless you subscribe? Quite so .. pay up or you lose access to your saved data. Remember Microsoft introducing the 'pay annually to rent MS Office' to replace buying/owning your own copy of Office and saving, as Nifty says, your own work to your own hard drive ? |
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Post by Nifty on Jan 1, 2024 11:39:39 GMT 1
I think the fact that some of the big players, Mac, Microsoft, Google etc. are struggling to maintain their position in the market, interchange between formats and languages will always be problematic.
Those with the knowledge may know how it can be worked around. Trouble is the web is a bit like a living organism in that it is prone to viruses.
Even if you take you professional to have it sorted you never know what they may be loading on to your disc. I say that because my oh took her laptop to a so called specialist in Spain several years ago. He never sorted the problem and may have made it worse.
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Post by annabellespapa on Jan 1, 2024 11:54:29 GMT 1
I learnt this yesterday, on Audible (talking books) and part of Amazon, that any purchased books from their site remain on your account
indefinitely even after you have cancelled your subscription.
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Post by houpla on Jan 1, 2024 12:10:53 GMT 1
I learnt this yesterday, on Audible (talking books) and part of Amazon, that any purchased books from their site remain on your account indefinitely even after you have cancelled your subscription. That's interesting AP, but are they just dormant on the account, rather than being accessible on your device? |
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Post by suein56 on Jan 1, 2024 13:00:52 GMT 1
That's interesting AP, but are they just dormant on the account, rather than being accessible on your device? Pertinent question .. someone on here should know ? |
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Post by spectrum on Jan 2, 2024 8:19:26 GMT 1
For Kindle books you download to your device, same with magazines, with unlimited Kindle some book ie a series of books is limited, you will have to return one to be able to upload another one, but you have to treat it like a normal library, you can only have so many out at one time, I have read "Murder most vile" 18 murders in each book total of forty in the series, so after 20 or so I had to return one or more to continue the series. Other books that are "Free" or you buy stay on your device indefinitely.
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Post by houpla on Jan 2, 2024 17:55:11 GMT 1
Traditional books are becoming more attractive by the day! I'm having trouble getting my head around paying for 'virtual' stuff that will just disappear into the ether, not being a 'read it and forget it' type |
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Or is it all about the format used, which prevents you from accessing what you've downloaded unless you subscribe? 
