DVD is dead. Long live DVD.

vienna · 12-29-24, 07:17 PM

Saw this the other day over at AVClub.com...

DVD is dead. Long live DVD. -

https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-...physical-media

The big media conglomerates are systematically removing the concept of user ownership of media and reinforcing the model of 'pay-to-view/listen' all across the board; they are slowly, but surely, snuffing out movie theaters, where they have to share their revenue with the theaters, in favor of their streaming services where the revenues go directly from our wallets to theirs with no middleman; the real shame is the conglomerates are now picking and choosing what in their libraries they will deem to allow us to see/hear and, perhaps, sealing off what are significant artistic and/or social works of art from public access merely because they aren't deemed 'profitable'; the bean-counters are now running the show and they want to make sure they damn well bleed the consumers of every little penny they can squeeze; I'm glad I have a considerable library of my own now since I really doubt, in the future, the chance of actually having some degree of ownership is going to last...

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12-29-24, 07:17 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	DVD is dead. Long live DVD. Saw this the other day over at AVClub.com... *DVD is dead. Long live DVD. -* https://www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd-...physical-media The big media conglomerates are systematically removing the concept of user ownership of media and reinforcing the model of 'pay-to-view/listen' all across the board; they are slowly, but surely, snuffing out movie theaters, where they have to share their revenue with the theaters, in favor of their streaming services where the revenues go directly from our wallets to theirs with no middleman; the real shame is the conglomerates are now picking and choosing what in their libraries they will deem to allow us to see/hear and, perhaps, sealing off what are significant artistic and/or social works of art from public access merely because they aren't deemed 'profitable'; the bean-counters are now running the show and they want to make sure they damn well bleed the consumers of every little penny they can squeeze; I'm glad I have a considerable library of my own now since I really doubt, in the future, the chance of actually having some degree of ownership is going to last... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __