• stck
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    -1510 months ago

    As a consumer I hate physical media

    • Scrubbles
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      2110 months ago

      yeah I hate owning things that I can keep and hold on to without someone revoking it away from me.

      • @jack@sh.itjust.works
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        210 months ago

        My physical media was destroyed in a fire, but I still have my backed up digital library. We all accept some risk!

        • Scrubbles
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          310 months ago

          I’m sorry to hear that, but yeah I rip my media and then stream it, it’s more about obtaining my copy that they can’t take away. I’m glad your backups made it!

        • Scrubbles
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          110 months ago

          as long as it’s on your computer/server and it’s not dependent on an online service, I’m all for it. Vudu is a great example of what can happen with online purchases

    • themeatbridge
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      1610 months ago

      That’s allowed. You have many options for digital media. I don’t like spicy food. Upsets my tum tum. But if corporations were actively keeping spicy food off the market, I wouldn’t say “Well that’s great, because I hate spicy food.” That would just be ridiculous.

      • ma11en
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        1210 months ago

        If they’re anything like me it’s an overriding laziness!

        We listened to the same audio cassette that was stuck in our car for nearly 6 months rather than spend the hour it eventually took sort it out.

        I still love No Doubt though.

      • stck
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        010 months ago

        It takes up space and meeds special equipment to use.

    • @bluemellophone@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Same. I understand all of the reasons why people prefer physical media, but after buying the same movie across three generations of physical media between VHS / DVD / Blueray / 4K UHD and now Dolby, I’d just prefer to have it once and get access to the best copy modern technology allows.

      It’s also supremely easier to download a purchased digital copy instead of buying physical media, rip it, find increasing storage, find a player like Plex, maintain my own Plex server and hardware, and then download it.

      I’ve done Plex for years with physical media, downloading a digital copy is simply a better consumer experience.