this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even then, your rights are limited. You can't show it publicly, or make a copy except for personal backup, for instance.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unskippable bullshit before you can even get the DVD to play cured me of my DVD buying habit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah I bought a cd once and it had fucking commercials for a bunch of shit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not if you just buy a digital streaming version. Then they can take it back anytime they want.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I used to think this was unlikely to happen, and didn't like how fragmented streaming services were... And I don't watch enough TVs/movies to justify one or more subscription services.

So I'd just buy everything on YouTube. Figured I'd only buy it once so I paid extra for the 1080p. Then they decided to stop supporting anything over 480p on browsers that aren't Safari. Watching 480p movies is a joke.

Apparently you're only allowed 720p/1080p on phones/tablets (lol at watching a movie that small), smart TVs (why would I own a TV with this little TV consumption) or Safari (lol Macs).

I don't even know what to do at this point. Go back to collecting DVDs? Think I'm just done watching movies.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Or you could just sail the digital seas 🤷

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

I sail the seas, but I purchase 4K discs for any repeat watchers.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Well then that is not buying the DVD is it?