@Gargron I don’t want to get too technical for anyone here, but years ago I circumvented this problem by buying a device that was specifically designed to play blu-rays 😀

It was a little pricey at the time, and I had some issues setting it up (at first I just set it on the floor and waited for it to start playing blu-rays, but after some Googling I learned it needed to be plugged into a TV) but it worked well for a long time. Now my only issue is finding stores that sell blu-rays.