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> But... what if I really do want a moral way to consume netflix content at a later date for a non-recurring, non-changed-at-their-whim cost? Well - sucks to be
by bestnameever 4y ago
> But... what if I really do want a moral way to consume netflix content at a later date for a non-recurring, non-changed-at-their-whim cost? Well - sucks to be me because there's literally no way to buy it. I think that's also fairly immoral. I'm literally being held captive to a subscription for eternity, with no way to negotiate the deal, and the real loss of any catalogue item at any time with no recourse. Moral? Fuck no. Legal? Sure.
> So... Where is the middle ground? Because I'd really, desperately like to see a better middle ground. Where I don't have to feel like a thief, and also don't feel like I'm getting extorted to watch some shows.
Most content can be purchased outside of Netflix at some point, on DVD or another medium.
- thot_experiment 4y agoSure but buying a DVD isn't great either as it has a real destroying the earth cost for something that can be delivered to me using a negligible amount of energy digitally. I don't think there's a way of getting movies/tv shows reasonably in 2022, though I don't mind paying for, and do pay for subscription services such as Netflix, I just pirate the content anyway because it's a much better user experience. At least it's still mostly possible to buy a set of *.flac files when you want some music.
- bestnameever 4y ago> Sure but buying a DVD isn't great either as it has a real destroying the earth cost for something that can be delivered to me using a negligible amount of energy digitally. I Then buy the streaming version. If it is available by DVD, then you can probably find it available to purchase digitally.
- thot_experiment 4y agoReally? Just as a litmus test, the last movie I pirated was a 10bit 4k rip of "The Matrix" which comes in at about 40gigs. This is about the level of quality I'm looking for in a file I buy, sorry if I was misleading w/ my mention of DVD. Practically speaking this is similar to having a *.flac of a song, as it enables me to transcode to lower quality versions for use on different devices from a high quality master. Is this something I can pay for?
- bestnameever 4y agoYes, you can purchase or rent the physical copy.
- Too 4y agoPlease enlighten me where I can buy a streaming movie that can be watch without login, transferred to another service or transferred to another of my devices.
- bestnameever 4y agoMovies from Sony, Universal, Disney, WB can be watched through multiple services. https://moviesanywhere.com https://moviesanywhere.com
- horsawlarway 4y ago> Most content can be purchased outside of Netflix at some point, on DVD or another medium. You cannot buy Netflix original movies on DVD or blu-ray. They do sell some of their series (although not all of them - mostly just the very popular entries).