• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      10 days ago

      Because a single movie costs like 3 months of ad-tier Netflix.

      They’re not on ad-tier because they’re flushed with cash…

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          IF it exists in their country. It also requires enough people to buy the new ones first for it to be available for the second hand market.

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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            True. But there are also libraries with some content that can be lent, and also the option that _cryptagion offered up.

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          So does piracy, and it gives just as much money to the corporations who made the movie, if that’s something you’re worried about. And piracy don’t cost you shit.

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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            Piracy is an option if they don’t care about the laws in their country, but some people care for one reason or another. The conversation was initially about about the cost of disc vs the cost of ad-supported streaming, so I offered a used option.

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        Because a single movie costs like 3 months of ad-tier Netflix.

        Have you looked at blu-ray prices lately? Shit is cheap af. I’ve been amassing a collection of Criterion Collection blu-rays, usually $30-50 each, on Amazon for ~$15 a piece, on sale consistently. Sometimes even cheaper (Blue is the Warmest Color Criterion Collection Blu-Ray was just on sale for $12.49 on Amazon). The sales seem to change regularly, so I just check every few weeks. And you get a ton of really cool extra shit on top of an amazing film transfer.

        And that’s for Criterion Collection. Regular blu-rays are often $7-10

    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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      Players can be expensive, but the most significant reason is probably having to get up and switch discs to watch something else. The vast majority of consumers have no idea how to rip a disc, nor the know-how required to set up a media server.