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Think about it (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] dub 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Is this for movies? Because you can always just buy the DVD lol. Then you would own it

[–] axtualdave 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even then, your rights are limited. You can't show it publicly, or make a copy except for personal backup, for instance.

[–] Texas_Hangover 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unskippable bullshit before you can even get the DVD to play cured me of my DVD buying habit.

[–] Uncle_Iroh 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah I bought a cd once and it had fucking commercials for a bunch of shit.

[–] Reverendender 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not if you just buy a digital streaming version. Then they can take it back anytime they want.

[–] Metallibus 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I used to think this was unlikely to happen, and didn't like how fragmented streaming services were... And I don't watch enough TVs/movies to justify one or more subscription services.

So I'd just buy everything on YouTube. Figured I'd only buy it once so I paid extra for the 1080p. Then they decided to stop supporting anything over 480p on browsers that aren't Safari. Watching 480p movies is a joke.

Apparently you're only allowed 720p/1080p on phones/tablets (lol at watching a movie that small), smart TVs (why would I own a TV with this little TV consumption) or Safari (lol Macs).

I don't even know what to do at this point. Go back to collecting DVDs? Think I'm just done watching movies.

[–] Viking_Hippie 9 points 2 years ago

Or you could just sail the digital seas 🤷

[–] Reverendender 1 points 1 year ago

I sail the seas, but I purchase 4K discs for any repeat watchers.

[–] nocturne213 12 points 2 years ago

Well then that is not buying the DVD is it?

[–] rcmaehl 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it's the fact you don't own a digital game. You are only licensed. This applies to steam games too.

[–] dub 9 points 2 years ago

Ah i see. Good point then. Shame we won't have the same kind of retro gaming scene as we do now in the future

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

No, you don’t own the movie. You own the 2 cent piece of plastic it’s on but the movie itself is licensed, not owned. The piece of plastic is basically your license key, nothing more.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. Some things are streaming exclusive. Like Stranger Things and Glass Onion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The more popular ones get DVD releases, but that's pretty rare.