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Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? (english.elpais.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It seems like the extras were for a specific limited demographic. When the costs of producing the extra content, and sales of the physical media are taken into account.... I would guess that when a no-extras vs extras version of the same movie was available, the one that was cheaper with less content sold more.

I enjoyed the extra features on a handful of shows, but I think this is a smaller sales-base than the author realizes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I honestly don't care about those extra features. What I do care about is being able to have perpetual, legal access to content. I can't get that w/ streaming services, so my only other option is to buy physical media.