
So let’s focus first on just the opening line, as that is by far the most important. There’s a deceptively large amount of information contained in this relatively short statement. If needed, you can change your country setting back to your prior country to re-download those movies.” If you change your country setting, some movies may not be available to re-download from the movie store if the version you purchased isn't also available in the new country. “Any movies you've already downloaded can be enjoyed at any time and will not be deleted unless you've chosen to do so.


Let’s start, though, with Apple’s official reply. And the particular circumstances of this ‘ground zero’ case do not by any means seem to explain every disappearing content incident out there.

Also, as I’ll explain later, the sort of problems experienced by the poster of the viral Twitter thread seems to be far from an isolated incident. As we’ll see, though, plenty of questions remain.
