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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-211 days agoThere are Steam, Google, Amazon, and Sony all sell movies digitally (I don’t know if Amazon still does since they switched to streaming) But go into it knowing there’s DRM to prevent back ups and they can remove the content from your library at any time
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoYou’re not buying the movie. You’re buying a license to watch it on that platform.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoMight as well just call it an extended rental.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoMost of the stuff you see while scrolling through Amazon’s streaming service is actually just stuff you can buy but not stream. If it’s not one of their own big exclusives, the service is almost unusable
There are
Steam, Google, Amazon, and Sony all sell movies digitally (I don’t know if Amazon still does since they switched to streaming)
But go into it knowing there’s DRM to prevent back ups and they can remove the content from your library at any time
You’re not buying the movie. You’re buying a license to watch it on that platform.
Might as well just call it an extended rental.
Most of the stuff you see while scrolling through Amazon’s streaming service is actually just stuff you can buy but not stream. If it’s not one of their own big exclusives, the service is almost unusable