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Comment by dleslie | Hacker News Reader

DVDs. What you're asking for is DVDs.

Piracy, because these days a lot of shows never make it to DVD. Disney in particular is terrible about this (probably to push Disney+ subscriptions). Star vs. the Forces of Evil came out in 2015 and hasn't seen a DVD release. Same with The Owl House and their marvel shows

https://www.cbr.com/disney-no-current-plans-release-marvel-s...

In my experience, piracy is worse than DVDs for selection; if it's not recent, and not popular, then piracy won't have it.

I also prefer compensating creators.

My experience is the opposite. It can be harder to find unpopular things, but there are very few things that aren't out there at all. More often (as is the case with Disney) piriacy can be your only option.

I do like having high quality physical media I can rip copies of myself when something is available but Disney doesn't like to give people that option no matter how recent/popular the show is.

We don't really have many official options for compensating creators either. It doesn't matter how much you watch The Owl House on disney+ it's not the same as writing Dana Terrace a check. Thankfully she was already compensated by Disney. Support for creators and their shows can be given in a lot of ways. You can always try to support a show you download by word of mouth promotion, seeding torrents, social media engagement, and buying merch.

DVDs with 20s of ads not passable?

Buy the DVD and then sail the high seas for a digital copy. You get both a better media experience and a physical backup if your hard drive dies.

Edit: I also spend the extra money on a Criterion or Arrow release if it's available. These never have ads.

VLC, and other FOSS DVD players, do not abide by do-not-skip flags.

X, what you want is X

Where X is some thing that may or may not be what the the poster actually wants, but the temptation to own them by saying it already exists is too great.

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