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…

  • TheFrenchGhosty@lemmy.pussthecat.org
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    1 year ago

    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…

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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

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            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.

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      You rent access to the content for as long as the platform wants

      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.