We finally need this Postdigital revolution now.
Where are ya Gen Z 90‘s revival kids?
Using physical media is so heavily alternative, that you can almost feel being superior to poor streaming people. Especially with 4k blurays.
DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again
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#12DVD rentals via mail seem like an easy business to get into. Few customers, but little overhead. Anyone in the nation can be a customer, though few will be, and shipping is easier than ever these days. Is anybody doing this?
But ultimately the publisher will stop selling new movies on DVD or Blu-ray, etc, so it wont save us.
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#13I like buying DVD and BR because I can choose to use the physical medium or create a digital version and use that; when no player is available.
It's not always about piracy, especially when buying used discs has become so cheap.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
The UX of piracy tools is now much better than that of the big streamers too.
Now? Xbox Media Centre nailed it like 15 years ago. When the user is in control you can't push anti-features like e.g. Chromecast or Samsung TVs are full of.
XBMC is a player, the UX of piracy is everything up to getting the video to play.
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#15I dont mind paying for content, but the current state of streaming makes it easier to get movies from torrents. Like the Alien for example, some parts are on Netflix, some are not. Meaning i have to buy like 5 different subscriptions to be able to watch everything i want. Or even better one, Dr House. I don't think we had it streamed in our country, so the only way to watch it was to pirate. Its bad how the platforms…
I also don't mind paying for content but i want the content as it was originally broadcast. With streaming if you "buy" something they might eventually replace the background music or cut scenes that are deemed insensitive or clash with the director's new vision. Or they decide you need to view 4:3 content with the top and bottom cut off in 16:9. Or in some cases you might lose access to the content entirely because the license expired.
Or they discontinue the app and roll your purchases into some different app with a horrible interface (youtube music).
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#16DVDs are fine. You can find many things at pawn shops for 1€, you can buy most new movies for 7 to 20€ at most, and you can resell those you don't want to watch anymore. I'm only subscribed to Amazon Prime but actually don't use their streaming service at all.
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#17DVD rentals via mail seem like an easy business to get into. Few customers, but little overhead. Anyone in the nation can be a customer, though few will be, and shipping is easier than ever these days. Is anybody doing this? But ultimately the publisher will stop selling new movies on DVD or Blu-ray, etc, so it wont save us.
Netflix shipped DVDs from 1997 to 2023, predating Redbox by 5 years. This is essentially how we got to streaming. GameFly still ships movie and game discs as a service.
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