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This community's stance on physical media ownership? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by SpiceDealer@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't miss the times when my living room had several shelves with movies and CDs and XBox games. Nowadays I have everything stored on a NAS in the basement and a Spoitfy and Netflix subscription.

I find it difficult to compare those concepts, owning vs renting, pirating vs buying. They're all very different and all have their use. I just think I'm not the one who likes to collect movies and music on physical disks. And streaming it to the phone or TV is more convenient anyways.