I might be asking a rhetorical question here but I was curious as to the overall consensus on physical media. Do support it because, unlike streaming, media can’t take away what you’ve payed for? or are you against because it’s a waste of money when you can “acquire” it through “alternative means?” I’m also thinking about getting a 4K Blu Ray player for when my wife and I get a new place; preferably one that can also play self hosted media. What do you guys think?

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    9 months ago

    I download things like good movies, video games, and music.

    I stream things like TV shows on free streaming sites.

    A lot of people here don’t understand that having something saved on a storage device is the exact same as owning it physically.

    They believe that having a box for a disc with cover art on it matters, or something.

    • 𝔄𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔫@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Right, I got my movies, music on my storage so I own it. Of course it wasn’t free, I’d to pay with electricity, internet service provider costs. I don’t have space to keep set of dvd/bluray/cd’s wherein a single hdd/ssd can hold all of that data. Most of the new content is mostly crap nowadays. I won’t pay a dime for it. So yeah will sail the high seas and get my content as long as the options are available to me.

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        9 months ago

        Most of the new content is mostly crap nowadays. I won’t pay a dime for it.

        So don’t watch it if it’s crap? Or stop trying to justify piracy to yourself, we’re all here for similar reasons.