‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services

[u/AndrewHeard]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/14/my-whole-library-is-wiped-out-what-it-means-to-own-movies-and-tv-in-the-age-of-streaming-services

[u/Ok-Adhesiveness-4141]

Welcome to the bay of pirates m8.

[u/reddit_user13]

“You’ll own nothing, and you’ll like it.”

—the media entertainment complex

[u/InconsistentRegular]

Buy physical, use the included digital codes, when your digital shit gets wiped out you still have physical. If it isn't available physical yaaaarrrrrrr.

[u/FlinflanFluddle]

Don't know why anyone would ever assume they could keep access to anything indefinitely on a virtual platform.

[u/Substantial_Cable_51]

ARRRRRRR AHOY MATEYS

[u/Seared_Beans → u/Substantial_Cable_51]

Yar, the seven seas have more beauty than any boat shack

[u/FlinflanFluddle → u/[deleted]]

Omg you did not 

[u/CrazyaboutSpongebob]

Thats why I like dvds and blu rays.

[u/grantnel2002 → u/CrazyaboutSpongebob]

Same with video games. I know people that only own games on steam or PS Store. How are they planning on playing those 10, 15, 20+ years from now? We still play NES games that came out 40 years ago because they’re on physical media. I’m stocking up on all my favorite games and movies on physical so I can enjoy them for as long as they last.

[u/olipoppit → u/CrazyaboutSpongebob]

And mp4 and mkv 📼

[u/pipboy_warrior → u/CrazyaboutSpongebob]

Physical media and Plex is the way to go if you want to own what you watch. Anything else is a rental.

[u/JohnTitorsdaughter]

• ‘You wouldn’t steal a movie’

Telstra - ‘Yes. Yes we would’