Out of nowhere, Microsoft has decided to abandon yet another thing they
came up with: Microsoft Films & TV. Customers will continue to have
access to their film and TV libraries, but will not be able to add to
them. Additionally, this content can't be downloaded (it is protected by
DRM), and can't be transferred to another service. As we know, it is
just a matter of time before the company decides that the costs of
continuing to host these files is too high.

Never buy into content that is protected by DRM. Buy physical copies and
rip them yourself.

--
God be with you,

CrudeSausage
John 14:6

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Out of nowhere, Microsoft has decided to abandon yet another thing they
came up with: Microsoft Films & TV. Customers will continue to have
access to their film and TV libraries, but will not be able to add to
them. Additionally, this content can't be downloaded (it is protected by >DRM), and can't be transferred to another service. As we know, it is
just a matter of time before the company decides that the costs of
continuing to host these files is too high.

Never buy into content that is protected by DRM. Buy physical copies and
rip them yourself.

Yes I think putting all in 'cloud storage' is a bad idea.
These days with just a few dollars for a 4 TB hard-disc, magnetic storage is safer.
Especialy when a nuclear WW3 is at the front door so to speak.

That said: I once dropped a harddisk, and lost a lot of good old stuff and music I wrote.

But I do have a huge alu box with 1000 CDs DVDs Blurays and M-Discs for storage too:
https://panteltje.online/pub/CD_box_IXIMG_0547.JPG
https://panteltje.online/pub/CD_box_binnenkant_IXIMG_0549.JPG
The secret is light proof storage!
The alu EM shielding may help when the nukes fall?

BTW that display is a Raspberry Pi driving a surplus matrix display, here with air traffic from dump1090:
https://panteltje.online/pub/rtl_sdr_dump1090_via_FDS132_matrix_display_Raspberry_Pi_driver_IMG_4149.JPG
Uses a RTL-SDR stick..

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On Jul 19, 2025 at 11:46:05 AM EDT, "CrudeSausage" <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Out of nowhere, Microsoft has decided to abandon yet another thing they
came up with: Microsoft Films & TV.

Hardly "out of nowhere". Microsoft has for years been killing consumer
products and services that are losing money. Because Microsoft is FAR better off concentrating on their strengths, which is business products and services.
They used to have phones that did not sell. They had a music streaming
service that no one used. Lots of things are gone.

Next to go will be Xbox. With console gaming tanking everywhere and MS just last week killing products and closing companies, Xbox being abandoned or sold off is inevitable. Although I can't imagine who would want to buy it at this point.

The reasons are obvious. When Fortune 500 companies are deciding on million dollar contracts, you don't want to deal with a "Business Solutions Provider" who is also distracted by games, phones and movies.

Just look at Radio Shack. In 1987 they had the largest installed base of Unix computers in the world. In an attempt to look more serious and business oriented, they moved the computers out of the Radio Shack stores (which were loaded with racks of toys and games) and created the Tandy Computer Centers.
These sold/leased computers and software only.

But the timing was too little/too late. By 1990 Windows 3 was here, and Microsoft abandoned the Xenix OS which was running on the Tandy business computers.

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W dniu 19.07.2025 o 17:46, CrudeSausage pisze:

Never buy into content that is protected by DRM. Buy physical copies and
rip them yourself.

BS! All Blu-Ray films are DRM protected.

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On 2025-07-19 12:33, Tyrone wrote:

On Jul 19, 2025 at 11:46:05 AM EDT, "CrudeSausage" <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Out of nowhere, Microsoft has decided to abandon yet another thing they
came up with: Microsoft Films & TV.

Hardly "out of nowhere". Microsoft has for years been killing consumer products and services that are losing money.

Because Microsoft is FAR better> off concentrating on their

strengths, which is business products and services.

They used to have phones that did not sell.

I liked the one I had but its in-call mic died the moment I upgraded its
OS to Windows 10.

They had a music streaming
service that no one used.

I bought some music there. Fortunately, they allowed me to download the
few songs I bought when it died.

Lots of things are gone.

Windows Live Messenger, Skype, the Zune, etc..

Next to go will be Xbox. With console gaming tanking everywhere and MS just last week killing products and closing companies, Xbox being abandoned or sold
off is inevitable. Although I can't imagine who would want to buy it at this point.

They're moving toward the Game Pass and everyone is talking about it.
This was already bad enough, the closing of Films & TV was the cherry on
top. As a person who has supported the company quite a bit since I
started making money, this is where even I think that people would be
complete morons for giving them money for any product anymore.

The reasons are obvious. When Fortune 500 companies are deciding on million dollar contracts, you don't want to deal with a "Business Solutions Provider" who is also distracted by games, phones and movies.

Just look at Radio Shack. In 1987 they had the largest installed base of Unix computers in the world. In an attempt to look more serious and business oriented, they moved the computers out of the Radio Shack stores (which were loaded with racks of toys and games) and created the Tandy Computer Centers.
These sold/leased computers and software only.

But the timing was too little/too late. By 1990 Windows 3 was here, and Microsoft abandoned the Xenix OS which was running on the Tandy business computers.

I actually miss the Tandy line. It was always that neat computer that absolutely no one you knew owned.

--
God be with you,

CrudeSausage
John 14:6

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On 2025-07-19 12:56, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

W dniu 19.07.2025 o 17:46, CrudeSausage pisze:

Never buy into content that is protected by DRM. Buy physical copies
and rip them yourself.

BS! All Blu-Ray films are DRM protected.

Use MakeMKV to rip them.

--
God be with you,

CrudeSausage
John 14:6

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On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:33:25 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

The reasons are obvious. When Fortune 500 companies are deciding on
million dollar contracts, you don't want to deal with a "Business
Solutions Provider" who is also distracted by games, phones and movies.

Or indeed, consumer products of any sort. This includes home/gaming PCs.

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CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 22:36 this Saturday (GMT):

On 2025-07-19 12:56, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

W dniu 19.07.2025 o 17:46, CrudeSausage pisze:

Never buy into content that is protected by DRM. Buy physical copies
and rip them yourself.

BS! All Blu-Ray films are DRM protected.

Use MakeMKV to rip them.

It is 100% possible to rip blurays, you just need to find the known
bluray keys online (newer ones have a smaller chance of working)
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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