Question for anyone who is familiar with Steam and iTunes

[Vodstok]

Okay, my wife has had her share of problems with iTunes, and it has gotten me thinking. Does iTunes "remember" what you have paid for the way steam does? I have had close to 4 hard drive crashes and even purchased a new computer since i bought Half-Life 2 from steam, and every time,l i install steam, login, then download my gamnes, good as new, no extra cost.


How about iTunes? if you hd goes on the fritz, can you reinstall iTunes on a new one and download all fo the songs and shows you have already paid for, or do they make you buy them again?


Which I might point out, would be bullshit. Paying again for something that they can deliver with no actual effort on their part, and that you have already paid for is ridiculous.

[AmericanManiac]

If you go into your itune account options, there is a option for your Purchase History, there I'm pretty sure you can re download them at no extra cost. My fiance just got a new laptop last week, and this is what she had to do to get her songs back.

[ManchestrMorgue]

It used to be the case that you couldn't download them again. Apple made a point of telling people to back up their purchased music, because if you lost them, it was too bad.

However, I have heard of some people pleading with iTunes store and being able to download them all again.

I am not sure if this is changed. I am going by what I heard probably 18 months ago.