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Most media that your average person is interested in can't legally be obtained for offline consumption. Your average techie can get around that by using Jellyf
by miki123211 2y ago
Most media that your average person is interested in can't legally be obtained for offline consumption.
Your average techie can get around that by using Jellyfin, Sonarr/Radarr, Torrent trackers and such, but the military has to follow the law.
THe fact that ships travel around the world doesn't make this easier. Even if the Pentagon could make a deal with most of the major U.S. streaming services to provide their content to the military in a secure, offline fashion, which they probably could, those companies are often prohibited from distributing that content outside U.S. borders due to exclusivity agreements.
- eNV25 2y agoI was on a ferry from Barcelona to Mallorca. They had a movies, magazines and newspapers on what looks like an intranet app. It probably works the same way an airplane's in-flight entertainment. The US Navy could have their own version of that.
- markus_zhang 2y agoMan I thought the companies that hold legal rights of those medias (movies and shows and games) have some special deals with the army. They should!
- friendlyHornet 2y agoBut how can airlines have almost every movie, TV Show and music album on their airplanes? I recently flew on long flight with Qatar Airways and their library is massive. Almost any movie, show or album I could think of was in there
- lxgr 2y agoWhy wouldn't it be possible to individually pre-purchase media before deployment? Purchased (i.e. not rented) media on at least iTunes/Apple TV/Apple Music/Kindle etc. are usable offline indefinitely.