Do people who still buy DVDs instead of Blu rays realize the

Do people who still buy DVDs instead of Blu rays realize the Nov 10, 2019 19:09:47 GMT taylorfirst1 likes this

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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2019 19:09:47 GMT

Nov 10, 2019 6:20:24 GMT onethreetwo said:

Nov 9, 2019 18:02:36 GMT @cat said:

It's a real shame. I don't want to depend on streaming services that can take away films on a whim or when the internet goes down. If I like it and want it, I'd rather own it.

Out of curiosity why do you think your internet will go down? I've had wifi for 11 years now and it's never gone out once. Seems more likely the electricity would go out on your TV, in which case you would be happy to have digital content to watch on your phone. I've seen others say they worry about needing the internet to watch digital content, but that seems like an irrational fear to me. The internet is not going anywhere. We all have it now. We've all had it for years, we'll all have it 2 months from now, 2 years from now, and 22 years from now. When are we not going to have the internet? When was the last time any of us didn't have it?

It's more than just the internet going down. Even though I don't think it's a given the internet is permanent, with or without it, there's something fundamentally closer to ownership I feel when I have the physical copies. Especially if my travels take me somewhere where it's not a guarantee internet will be provided. Like a cottage. That or shows and films on streaming services could disappear in a flash. There's movies I want to see on Netflix but if Netflix removed them tomorrow, they're gone unless I have a copy.

The internet might not be going anywhere, but streaming companies could go belly-up. I'm not afraid of it but I don't think Netflix is any more divinely immune to it than Blockbuster. DVDs go out of print, or they're pulled off streaming services for political reasons. That's another elephant in the room. Physical media ownership will survive films and shows (or even just episodes of shows) networks refuse to air for political reasons.

It's something as incidental as my neighbors 2 years ago hiring people to trim trees in their yard. One of them knocked out the wire feeding the internet into our house, and even tried to cover it up. 2 days with no internet, which means no TV, no nothing. It sucked. Once in a blue moon our internet will go down because a car smashes into a pole. Violent wind or bad weather, a snowstorm, maybe trouble at the source...it's rare but it happens. The majority of everything I watch is on TV/streaming services but I consider physical ownership the quintessentially logical backup.