It really was nice while streaming lasted. Shame these companies continually allow greed to drive me back into the arms of piracy.
The open, loving arms of the 7 seas.
The ads are really what get me. I’m fucking paying you and you still show me ads?!
Did you guys know that your local public Library has DVDs?
They probably have a streaming service too.
Mine does.
You can digitally “lend” a movie for a week and stream it once during that time. It’s free, but more cumbersome than the high seas.
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Got any suggestions for another instance that doesn’t block much? (Or isn’t blocked much, I don’t know what’s happening.)
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DVDs, people! DVDs and Blu-Rays!
I want a digital format that i can store locally. I think i’m forced to buy blu-rays and a blu-ray drive.
Buy the disc, then use Handbrake to digitize.
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yes just need a blu ray drive for my laptop
You also need the right Bluray drive that can be re-flashed before you can extract the contents. If only it was as easy as DVDs.
ugh…i see
There are guides out there to do it or you can just buy one that’s already been flashed to bypass DRM. I bought one 5 or 6 years ago to do it and quit after maybe 10 Blu-rays because it takes forever if you want to compress via handbrake and it’s much easier just to torrent directly unless it’s something obscure.
Is there a reason why people won’t buy blu rays?
Waiting 20 minutes through unskippable trailers, 4-5 different 30s logos, a 2-3 minute menu intro then a menu that takes 2-3 seconds to respond per arrow press?
You mean the technology Sony just discontinued?
Because a single movie costs like 3 months of ad-tier Netflix.
They’re not on ad-tier because they’re flushed with cash…
Brand new, maybe. But second hand markets exist for this reason.
So does piracy, and it gives just as much money to the corporations who made the movie, if that’s something you’re worried about. And piracy don’t cost you shit.
Piracy is an option if they don’t care about the laws in their country, but some people care for one reason or another. The conversation was initially about about the cost of disc vs the cost of ad-supported streaming, so I offered a used option.
It’s a licensing issue. They don’t have the rights to show every movie or show ad supported.
That somehow makes it less terrible?
It’s just facts. Explaining, not excusing, not defending. A statement of facts.
It’s greed issue.
