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If you want guaranteed future access, then this is probably the only online option that actually fulfills this guarantee... other than that, physical media.

by whstl 1mo ago

anonym29 1mo ago
Often the same people behind both! Fun fact: pirates are more likely than the average person to purchase media. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916165525/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/internet-and-on-demand-research/online-copyright-infringement/copyright-infringement-tracker https://web.archive.org/web/20170916165525/https://www.ofcom... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110727/16233815292/another-day-another-study-that-says-pirates-are-best-customers-this-time-hadopi.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110727/16233815292/anoth...
0xEF 1mo ago
I regularly snag DVDs for $1 USD or less at garage/yard/boot sales. I see tons of cheap used physical media in record shops when I travel, too. eBay and Facebook Marketplace are also great sources for used DVD. I promote this because not only does it restore some mastery* over your media, it keeps these discs out of landfills and oceans, where they will linger in a shredded state. *we are, of course, still subject to any anti-piracy measures and non-removeable advertisements on the disc, which admittedly seems quaint by today's DRM standards, but I ccannot rightly say "complete" mastery over your media, here.
- iso1631 1mo ago
  I watch films on streaming rather than old dvds with unskippable nonsense like "don't pirate this dvd" (well obviously I didn't, that's why I have the dvd), or the pain of the menu systems to just press play.
immibis2 1mo ago
Physical media isn't guaranteed to retain future access. There are protocols for players to update various bits of data from the newest disk you have ever inserted into them. The Nintendo Wii certainly does this, I'm not sure if BluRay does but I don't see why they wouldn't.
- whstl 1mo ago
  That's a great point. Something I forgot: I brought a couple DVDs when moving between countries and had a player block a couple of them... :/

If you want guaranteed future access, then this is probably the only online option that actually fulfills this guarantee... other than that, physical media.

by whstl 1mo ago

If you want guaranteed future access, then this is probably the only online option that actually fulfills this guarantee... other than that, physical media.

anonym29 1mo ago

Often the same people behind both! Fun fact: pirates are more likely than the average person to purchase media. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916165525/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/internet-and-on-demand-research/online-copyright-infringement/copyright-infringement-tracker https://web.archive.org/web/20170916165525/https://www.ofcom... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110727/16233815292/another-day-another-study-that-says-pirates-are-best-customers-this-time-hadopi.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110727/16233815292/anoth...

0xEF 1mo ago

I regularly snag DVDs for $1 USD or less at garage/yard/boot sales. I see tons of cheap used physical media in record shops when I travel, too. eBay and Facebook Marketplace are also great sources for used DVD. I promote this because not only does it restore some mastery* over your media, it keeps these discs out of landfills and oceans, where they will linger in a shredded state. *we are, of course, still subject to any anti-piracy measures and non-removeable advertisements on the disc, which admittedly seems quaint by today's DRM standards, but I ccannot rightly say "complete" mastery over your media, here.

iso1631 1mo ago
I watch films on streaming rather than old dvds with unskippable nonsense like "don't pirate this dvd" (well obviously I didn't, that's why I have the dvd), or the pain of the menu systems to just press play.

immibis2 1mo ago

Physical media isn't guaranteed to retain future access. There are protocols for players to update various bits of data from the newest disk you have ever inserted into them. The Nintendo Wii certainly does this, I'm not sure if BluRay does but I don't see why they wouldn't.

whstl 1mo ago
That's a great point. Something I forgot: I brought a couple DVDs when moving between countries and had a player block a couple of them... :/