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  • One day you'll barter bread for our DVDs

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 30 11:20:20 2024
    The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: 'One day you'll
    barter bread for our DVDs'

    As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying
    to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/27/the-film-fans-who-refuse-to-surrender-to-streaming-one-day-youll-barter-bread-for-our-dvds

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Mar 30 21:28:58 2024
    JAB wrote:

    The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: 'One day
    you'll barter bread for our DVDs'

    As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are
    rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying
    format?


    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/27/the-film-fans-who-refuse-to-surrender-to-streaming-one-day-youll-barter-bread-for-our-dvds

    I can't speak for DVD's, but I do love my Blu-ray collection...
    the movies are on my shelf and I can watch them as many times as
    I like without paying a subscription to anybody.

    Streaming subscriptions have gone up and up, and now adverts
    have been added too, it has become clear that if you are a film
    fan buying the physical product is better value for money and
    makes more sense.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to blueshirt@indigo.news on Sat Mar 30 22:02:37 2024
    On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 21:28:58 +0100, "Blueshirt"
    <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I like without paying a subscription to anybody.

    On a different note, with onset of the Internet, the capitalists
    (et.al) are looking for ways to find their new 'gold mines.'

    My credit card company use to promote the usage of virtual cards, but
    now, a few card companies want to 'cash' in on virtual card usage

    https://www.cnbc.com/select/best-virtual-credit-cards/

    So, these companies are wanting to herd us towards their 'greener
    pastures' for them.

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  • From Danart@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 29 12:20:44 2024
    JAB wrote:
    The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: 'One day you'll
    barter bread for our DVDs'

    As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are
    rallying
    to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?


    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/27/the-film-fans-who-refuse-to-surrender-to-streaming-one-day-youll-barter-bread-for-our-dvds

    Well
    the truth is that

    Streaming services are for people who are too stupid, afraid, or
    brainwashed just to download the content itself.
    In 2006 the majority of the internet traffic was literally P2P users
    outside of regular browsing. This changed with Netflix and other
    services. Allowing people who are willing to pay for the same content.
    With more phone users then Hard-wired internet the anonymity of being
    invisible ( needle in haystack ) is gone from broadband users, and
    especially those who can not afford a T1 or T2 internet connection.
    Making Downloaders out in the open, depending on the content.

    In fact on your firestick you can use an app to access this same
    content without downloading it ( streaming ) as long as there is a
    seeder. The idea works where a downloader would also be able to gain
    access to the content itself, but of course this will always leave
    pieces of the content unavailable or missing.

    Further more you literally could capture video on your device via
    other methods. If you notice things like "Printscreen" (
    screen capturing with your phone ) is disabled. However via other
    means you could record whatever you are watching

    However the truth is this. The content from Netflix, Amazon,
    CrunchyRoll and so forth is sub-par. Often times they put commercials
    and crap in between just so you do not have to pay for the content
    outside of viewing on the service ( which you are paying for ).

    People complaining about how "They can not watch, view, or
    whatever" when in reality the DVR option is there, but not on the
    phone itself.

    Lack of education via motivation of fear.

    "Hey look son I can do it too, oh wait the content is not
    there"

    Lambs to the slaughter basically


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=662713242#662713242

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