Is it possible for you to lose a great deal of money if Apple or any other hardware manufacturer or service provider decide to delete files from your computer? How safe are we in this day and age when our hardware is accessible to several different providers of hardware, services and media streaming companies? Companies can alter history
James Pinkstone of Vellum Atlanta writes in his blog: “One day, you won’t buy a movie. You’ll buy the right to watch a movie, and that movie will be served to you. If the companies serving the movie don’t want you to see it, or they want to change something, they will have the power to do so. They can alter history, and they can make you keep paying for things that you formerly could have bought. Information will be a utility rather than a possession. Even information that you yourself have created will require unending, recurring payments just to access.” It is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which an application is removed from a mobile device by Apple, Microsoft or Google simply for not following their terms of service and this application is your Bitcoin wallet. What will you do to get your money back in this case? They have removed, will and can remove data
In May 2016, James Pinkstone of Vellum Atlanta wrote a blog titled ‘Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously’. In the blog he discusses how he lost access to files on his computer after he cancelled his Apple Music subscription.
He lays out in great detail what happened to the files after the Apple Music subscription was cancelled. The blog post went viral and as a consequence Apple even sent two of their support personnel to James’ house to try to get to the […]
