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

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50 points

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

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21 points

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

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7 points

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

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18 points

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

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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.

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11 points

Well then that is not buying the DVD is it?

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26 points

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

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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

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23 points

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.

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11 points

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

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

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