If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing.
Does “downloaded to hard drive” count as “owning physical media” as well? Asking for a friend.
Back when they started having an ad-tier, Disney glazers defended the decision with saying it was a way for poor people to be able to watch as well.
No it fucking wasn’t, it was the first step to normalise ads on streaming services. And unsurprisingly all of the other big streaming services instantly copied their model.
And now they will copy this model as well.
All the MCU addicts of course.
Lmao. And they wonder why people pirate.
No they don’t. They wonder why they’re unable to stop us.
Such a weird title. “People starting to realise” - well, yeah, when the service they enjoyed goes to shit, they start looking for alternatives. Where’s the “realisation” here?
It’s just that when you pay for these subscription services, you don’t put that money into owning the DVDs/BluRays. So, the service going to shit hurts doubly, because you lose access to new movies, but also to all the movies you’ve watched on that service, which you would’ve normally at least partially owned.
You don’t actually own media that you have on DVD.
You still only have a license to view it (under certain circumstances), and the media is protected by DRM. You can sell your license to someone else, transferring the license by selling them the media. But, you don’t actually own the media itself, just the plastic disc. You can’t show the media for profit. You can’t even show it if there’s a profit somewhere nearby – like showing it at a bar for free while people are paying for drinks and stuff. And, you definitely can’t do things the “owner” can do, like license it to someone else.
In theory your license can also be revoked. It’s hard to do because most DVD players didn’t / don’t connect to the Internet, so they can’t get updated lists of licenses that have been revoked. But, it’s possible that happens. I’m sure that will be a “feature” that will be added to any new DVD players that are made.
Copyright sucks.
Copyright is also how people can afford to make the content
Which is why it extends to… checks notes 75 years after their death.
Thanks, Disney!
Free and open source software depends on copyright as well.
not really, free and open source software is a movement to abolish (most of) copyright for software
Yep. It’s just way too long
the ‘streaming boxes’ (you know what i mean) are getting rather popular around here, there’s a store about a half hour away that sells 'em for like $300 already set up for pretty much ‘everything’
Like the Superbox thing that turned out to be basically a malware bomb?
Why would people be so stupid to use something like this that someone else set up?
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They have almost no technical skills and don’t know how to pirate properly.
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When a company manages to make and sell a product like this with a pretty box and everything that makes it look legit, they usually assume everything has been checked before it hit the shelves.
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At this point, I should ask, why is anyone paying subscriptions for streaming?
Because most of them are still usable. Also: this is a new change and not everyone is seeing this.
You’re in for a surprise if you think buying Disney DVDs in particular IS a long term solution.
I like to rip my paid for DVDs an play them from a hard drive,to save on wear and tear ESPECIALLY if kids want to be handling them.
Except most Disney discs have an extra layer of drm that turns them in to an interesting Video Art Display if you run them through Handbrake.
Once again, even if you purchased the product, Disney forces you to pirate something you already own if you want to watch their stuff.
I’d rip my discs, but here in 2026 it’s quicker and easier to just type the name into Radarr and let that get one somebody else ripped.
My Kids friend doesnt speak english,so it turned in to a huge search to find Frozen with the German language.
Apparently the dvd doesnt have other language Options,which is some more Disney bullshit.
Yes i own this Frozen twice in two different languages.
I rent my dvds from the library, which according to some old ruling about joggers ripping music cds for their walkman is considered legal fair use.
Very few discs that Automatic ripping machine cant handle.
At some point I was paying for streaming and still preferring BitTorrent experience with jellyfin/plex
I’m paying for streaming so my sister can use it. I download things from my peers rather than stream them.
I keep getting asked why i keep buying dvds and blurays.
I point at this shit, and at sony taking peoples owned media away without recourse or compensation as to why. They cant take my physical media.
Does your collection include Equilibrium? That’s a movie where they are trying to take people’s physical media.
Imagine Sony employees in SWAT gear invading peoples homes to take their DVDs from them.
Just practice Gun-kata and you can fight back.
I dropped all my streaming subscriptions the moment one of them put ads on a pair plan… I then spent what would have been a year of subscription fees on my current home server to replace all of them. It’s been about 3 years and I still love it.
I’ve since dropped all internet subscriptions in favor of self hosted alternatives.
streaming was always going towards to Ads every tier eventually.
Piracy, my girl. Piracy.
Yeah, it continues to provide the best experience. DVDs make you view unskippable fbi warnings not to steal from poor downtrodden corporations
Your dvd player is sitting on a shelf in a thrift store. Same for for DVDs.
No it’s not. It’s on my bookshelf. Same for the DVDs. Sorry. For for DVDs ;)
I forget but there is a shelf life to DVDs and Blu-ray correct?
Honestly sounds like people should get into private digitization
Seems like such a massive waste of effort…millions of people just ripping their own DVDs?
Not to mention electricity.
What if one person could rip it, and they share the rip out to their friends (who posses the DVD, ofc) over the internet…and then all of their friends can also become distribution-points for others (who posses the DVD, ofc).
I think that would be swell.
Why would you think millions? Do millions of people collect DVDs?
I think it would be exactly what you’re saying. Of the few that think this way, fewer would have the skills to create that library. So it’d probably be a few hundred or thousand if lucky
Some DVDs pressed by Warner Bros in 2006-8 are defective, but most discs should still be playable.
Pressed discs should last a couple decades if stored properly. Burned discs will often decay in a couple years
Should be noted that flash storage like USB drives and ssds should be plugged in every couple years, to recharge the flash storage. The cells can lose their data otherwise
Burned discs is about 12 years for the organic gel to break down depending on storage method.
Aluminum discs (like the ones purchased) are basically forever.
Burned M-Disc, the real one, is also eons.
You might be confusing LaserDisc which had a sealing and corrosion problem. DVD and CD do not have that problem. 25-35 year old DVD or CD here continue to play just fine.
Pressed discs should in theory last forever, but they still are thin mental glued to plastic. If manufacturers cheapened out or the discs are stored wrong (high humidity or temp) it will likely shorten their lifespan
dvd players yea, they break down fast because its cheaply made by china, and most dont have blu ray players, you either have a laptop that can play it, or your own desktop you can download something to play blu ray.
Me, who has never paid a dime to a subscription service: 🥸🫵
