• imecth
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        That’s redefining what physical media is. It’s used to contrast digital media, like hard drives.
        These headlines want you to buy dvds/blurays. Which they specifically tell you to do at the end of the article.

    • @Rediphile@lemmy.ca
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      No I just memorize all the ones and zeros. /s

      But yes, you are correct. I still feel it’s important to remind people that the only alternative to streaming isn’t like DVDs or vinyl records or something.

    • Ech
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      41 year ago

      To be frank, any mention of “physical media” almost exclusively means DVDs/blu-rays/etc. But people really should talk more about hard drives as physical storage. It’s essentially the same concept as those mediums anyhow. The only physical difference is storage size and the practical differences (no ads, locked content, quality limits, etc) are huge.

      • probablynaked
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        I really like this take. Flexible mindset ftw!

        Also pirating this turn of phrase

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      Shhh they don’t know drives are physical devices, they live in a world where physical media exclusively means wastefully packaged dvd cases