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I much prefer to own a physical copy of media instead of relying on streaming services. I have a large DVD collection and I'm proud of it. Streaming doesn't sit well with me and you have to re-download the media each time you watch it, which feels wrong and a waste of bandwidth too.

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> ...instead of relying on streaming services...

I'm getting to the point where i want ther video file so i can save it locally. Sure DVDs are fine, because i can rip them....I really only want physiucal media until i have ripped to my local digital library. I know some movie companies used to offer a "digital download" of the move if you bought a disc....Not sure if that's still a thing. And who knows if that format was even some crap proprietary, locked doen edition anyway. But, yeah, i prefer my own offline-available, digital copy of media myself.

Do you rip discs? I prefer rips to shuffling discs.

Why not simply store a file on a disk though. It's not that storage is very expensive or anything

You could redownload a thousand times before you break even on the waste of plastic and transport required to physically get a disc to you.

Until your internet connection drops out on movie night. Or the streaming service shuts down. Or their license expires and they are too cheap to renew so silently remove your movie. And you won't get the full resolution on your favorite OS. And you can't use your own player so have to put up with whatever options the official one has or doesn't have. And when you move somewhere else half the catalogue is not available.

Yes, "owning" shit is more expensive. But plenty of us would rather pay that cost than give up control.

My power could also drop out, my apartment could burn down, I could be hit by a car that day. Ultimately watching a specific movie at a specific time is not a very critical thing so I'm perfectly happy to accept issues in exceptional situation for the benefit of a much better average experience.

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