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Really thorough and differentiated. May I point out the headline has a typo? Should be 2/3/24...

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Fixed. I guess seeing the future happened in the past?

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🤔

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Will, this was an amazing post, although I have to confess I wasn’t conversant with all the tech references you mentioned. I am still thrilled I can both read UTK and watch MLB Network on my phone…!

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Thanks, doc. I tried to make this make sense for people who haven't used the device. Its groundbreaking and yes, this is one of those MLB.com on iPhone moments

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When movies on iTunes was a new thing, a “buy it once” pledge was in place—if you bought digital rights to a film, which later was released in a “better” (HD, then) version, your rights were upgraded to the new version, automatically.

Anything like that with VP and 3D versions of movies—if I owned digital rights to “Avatar” or “Avengers”, would a VP get me upgraded to 3D versions of those films—or does Disney get a second transaction with me?

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Good question, George. I don't know as I don't have any of those. The Disney + app added 3D movies with no further cost or change. I don't see them in the standard app, which makes sense. (I have a tendency to rent movies rather than buy, so my library is small.)

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