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Aubrey Plaza Refuses to Use Streamers Because They Make Her ‘Really Angry,’ Buys Films and TV Series on iTunes Instead (variety.com)

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Warner Bros. Discovery is on the eve of launching Max, its new streaming service that combines the already-existing platforms of HBO Max and Discovery+. But don’t expect Aubrey Plaza to be am…

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

iTunes isn't much different from any of the "streamers". They still license media to you while reserving the right to withdraw it from you at any time, and stream it to you on-demand. The only thing that's different is the pricing model.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

To be fair, it's the only platform that lets you download the media AFAIK, and you can use ViWizard to remove DRM from the files once you've downloaded them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The article mentions that Plaza doesn’t like streaming services because she can’t figure them out. It has nothing to do with ideology.