Apple introduces 'Complete My Season Pass' and removes time limit for 'Complete My Album'
'Complete My Season Pass'
The new iTunes feature rolled out earlier this week, and allows users who purchased single shows from a TV series the chance to own the entire season at the discounted "Season Pass" price.
Previously, customers had the option to either purchase individual episodes or a Season Pass, which offers all episodes of a season at a price comparatively lower than buying ala carte.
The new system allows users to deduct the price of already owned episodes from the already discounted Season Pass price, and is similar to the existing "Complete My Album" iTunes music feature.
Complete My Season Pass can be found in the iTunes Store after logging in and navigating to a TV show of which a user owns one or more episodes. There is also a Complete My Season Pass landing page on the iTunes frontpage.
Time limit for 'Complete My Album' removed
Following the introduction of Complete My Season Pass, Apple on Wednesday lifted the restrictive window in which users had to take advantage of the Complete My Album iTunes feature.
The previous deadline for upgrading an album was set at 180 days after first purchasing a track from an album. Identical to Season Pass, Complete My Album grants users the alternative to buy an album at a price cheaper than purchasing each song individually.
Complete My Album works retroactively with purchases made previous to the new rule change, and can be accessed after logging in to the iTunes Store.
The following is an excerpt from the amended Apple Support Article regarding FAQs for Complete My Album.
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good although they patently took their sweet time again to come around...
good although they patently took their sweet time again to come around...
I suspect either of a couple scenarios may have occurred here - under Mr. Jobs there was no push from Apple to get that extended - or it was use not a priority. Or now that Mr. Cook has taken over a renewed push to get the record labels to agree to the change has been under way.
In fact Jobs or Cook may not even be a factor here - and it is pure speculation at this point I would think to even guess as to whether anyone was actively working on this and what if any the roadblocks may have been.
Don't forget that those with the distribution rights have only got that middle-man position that they have to hold onto as tightly as possible - imagine if a company such as Apple were to work directly with the content creators and there was no "record label" or "TV studio" in the middle - what kind of world would THAT be?
I think Apple dropped the 180-day time limit a long time ago. I recalled looking in the "Complete My Album" area of iTunes a few months ago, and it was still showing the option to buy discounted albums from songs I paid for back in 2009. I don't think anyone noticed, to be honest.
I think Apple dropped the 180-day time limit a long time ago. I recalled looking in the "Complete My Album" area of iTunes a few months ago, and it was still showing the option to buy discounted albums from songs I paid for back in 2009. I don't think anyone noticed, to be honest.
I agree i did notice it a long time ago. I think the only change is the Complete season on Tv Shows...
I think Apple dropped the 180-day time limit a long time ago. I recalled looking in the "Complete My Album" area of iTunes a few months ago, and it was still showing the option to buy discounted albums from songs I paid for back in 2009. I don't think anyone noticed, to be honest.
This.
I did notice, but I figured it was a silent rollout. Maybe they've just made an unofficial policy official? Either way, it works for me.