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Content is not fungible. When I want to watch Terminator (1984) and nothing else, then no amount of having other killer-robot films on your platform will satisf
by selfhoster11 4y ago
Content is not fungible. When I want to watch Terminator (1984) and nothing else, then no amount of having other killer-robot films on your platform will satisfy this want.
As to why people who buy prefer to buy physical? Because there's actual ownership. I haven't even as much as investigated my options for buying 4K content, because I am 100% sure it doesn't exist in a form that's not hooked into some DRM system (AKA worse than useless). With physical content, at least you retain the control.
- cgrealy 4y ago> With physical content, at least you retain the control. To an extent, yes. Practically, you have control. Legally, you have still purchased a licence to view that content on that media in limited scenarios. You can't (legally) copy it, or display it in public (for free or money).
- selfhoster11 4y agoIf you buy physical content and subsequently rip it, you probably don’t care about legality all that much. Backing up discs or transcoding them is likely a violation of some law or other no matter where you are.