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0 pointsbabypuncher1y ago0 comments

I don't like buying DRM-encumbered digital copies. I'm OK with streaming subscriptions because their catalogues are fundamentally ephemeral, but if I buy a movie I want to know I can keep it forever, even if the platform I bought it from disappears entirely.

To that end, I only buy physical media that can be copied and have its DRM removed. On the plus side, Blu-Ray turns 20 next year and still provides better image quality than your typical 1080p stream.

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Retric1y ago· 1 in thread

I get you, but to be clear I was referring to renting movies rather than purchasing them.

It’s not a service I use, but it’s surprisingly close to the anything anywhere anytime ideal.

oangemangut1y ago

we're trying to cut back to only Disney+ for kids and we use prime video for us. Amazon's genius "take this prime video credit for slow shipping" has us renting movies maybe once a week and it's much better value for us than all subscriptions services that get no playtime.

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