Warner Bros. Discovery is on the eve of launching Max, its new streaming service that combines the already-existing platforms of HBO Max and Discovery+. But don’t expect Aubrey Plaza to be am…
Warner Bros. Discovery is on the eve of launching Max, its new streaming service that combines the already-existing platforms of HBO Max and Discovery+. But don’t expect Aubrey Plaza to be am…
iTunes is literally the same as streaming though.
You rent access to the content for as long as the platform wants.
DVD/Bluray are the solution to this… except not everything is released like that…
In the end, piracy wins… again… like it always has…
Ain’t that the truth. And honestly I don’t want to pirate media. I’d rather pay so I could support content creators, but I don’t want to support this “you don’t own anything, you’re only licensing it out temporarily from corporations and they can fuck you over any time they feel like it” bullshit either.
I really wish there was a way to just buy a digital file of a movie I want so I can have it on my plex
Right? That doesn’t sound like it’s a lot to ask
It makes sharing the media easier and the more media is shared, the less people have to buy it or pay to stream it. It’s just an attempt to throw a wrench into a situation that is gonna happen anyway.
Counterpoint: I have never shared any DRM free media I got for a fair price with anyone else, because I respect them for that.
Anything I bought and got annoyed by DRM, or stuff I obtained in other ways is free for all.
Oh I get the rationale, but like you said it just slightly delays the inevitable
Yeah I’ve had movies I “bought” on Apple disappear and they just offer a free rental when you finally notice and complain. They expect you to download everything you buy when you buy it and sync it between devices if you want to keep it.
@jamesw In the old days, if you bought a dvd, it was your job to make sure it didn’t get scratched up, lost, etc. You had to make sure you kept a DVD player in working order if you wanted to watch it. Likewise for books. You buy the book and it’s your responsibility to keep it intact to read it. So if they let you download it once and keep it forever, that seems reasonable. If they make you download it every time you want to watch it, that’s a service, not a purchase. Asking them to maintain an online service so you can download it again if you lose it, though, doesn’t match the idea of “buying” as much as it matches the idea of “renting”.