I really tried to be a good consumer that responsibly paid for media I wanted now that I'm an adult. Piracy and physical media are the only way.
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I really tried to be a good consumer that responsibly paid for media I wanted now that I'm an adult. Piracy and physical media are the only way. 15 comments
Same. Even though I have streaming subs I have continued archiving everything I watch that I enjoy just in case. I'm glad I never fully shut down my usenet infrastructure. @EposVox just want to say that physical media like 4K blueray require you to own special hardware (often) that have DRM shit in it what will result in potentially losing the ability to play it. Owning a physical thing does not guarantee you access anymore. @m @EposVox Also having to buy a specific piece of hardware for this job is silly when I already have plenty of general purpose hardware (NAS, laptop, phone) that can store and playback 4K video perfectly fine. So yeah, piracy. Also DRM-free streaming services that allow you to pay for the content and then use yt-dlp on that content, like Nebula. @Peetz0r@hsnl.social @m@lgbtqia.space @EposVox@glitch.lgbt or better yet, has outright download buttons for the raw MP4s - there's a small anime streaming service in Germany called Akiba Pass TV that offers that Which is one reason I only get DVD's. I had blue ray ability with an old Playstation which wouldn't play (after lying fallow for a month) unless I re-registered. I now use a stand alone DVD player. Still plays films I bought twenty years ago https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19634 This post on the makemkv forums has all the details on how to get around the firmware limitations of BD encryption But yes BDs have some bullshit baked into them |
@EposVox Seriously. This changing of "ownership" from perpetual to conditional undermines broad swaths of commerce. Absolutely unacceptable.