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blu-rays are often as cheap or cheaper than "digital copies", and ripping them to my NAS is pretty trivial these days thanks to makemkv.
the best part is, uncle jeff cannot legally break into your house and take back the disc just because of some petty rights issue.
I just bought a big ass TV, and I've just started buying discs for movies I truly want to own for a few reasons.
You own it, period.
Even if you trust Amazon, do you trust your ISP to stream 4K reliably on demand? I don't. Fuck Comcast.
A physical collection just kind of looks nice, especially if you fork out for Steelbooks and only buy your favorites. Steelbooks on eBay are like ~$30.