PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For::Sony says Mythbusters and more Discovery TV shows are going away whether you bought them or not

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    I don’t have a house big enough to store a ton of DVDs, and the Playstation Digital Edition solidified that we don’t have to buy physical media anymore. So the only option is piracy.

    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
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      No, there are plenty of ways to buy digital only media, where you store it on your own drives.

      I have a NAS full of media that I own that I bought. None of it physical.

      • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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        What service do you use that lets you pay for and download the media files in that way?

        The only one I know of is Bandcamp that lets you download the mp3s after you buy the album.

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          Amazon also lets you download music without DRM, and I know Apple did ten years ago before I dropped them. I don’t think there’s a single legal option for film, though. I think the person you’re replying to is full of shit.

          Closest thing? Last time I used their stuff, Apple let you download video you buy. It has DRM, though, so if they lose the license to it, it’s pretty much moot anyway.

        • ugh@lemm.ee
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          You can’t even buy MP3s anymore?? I haven’t paid for a digital download since before smart phones. I would be more concerned about downloading digital content from a website that charges for it rather than pirating tbh. Where did the seller get it from in the first place??

          That’s not a bad black-market business model, actually…

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      There is this lovely invention called dvd binders, it let’s you keep a ton of them in a much smaller space