July
@july
It’s subscription fatigue, essentially Then: i.e. DVDs in a world where ownership was cumbersome, streaming was a great innovation that made sense Now: in a world where I have to pay for rent for everything- it’d be nice to own the digital land I plow on once again.
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@bias
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rish
@rish
digital allows both ownership and convenience, we just havent brought on the mass market audience on the ownership train yet problem still remains for physical where ownership and convenience are still at odds
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Justin Hunter
@polluterofminds
I recast this as if my reach is any great than yours 😂
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HH
@hamud
just torrent
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
We also must remember that we bought the DVD or CD, but that purchase gave us a license to play the movie or music, not to "own it". We basically bought a piece of plastic with a license. The best part? If the company disappears, you can still play it if you have the hardware. What would happen to all the digital stuff we are not archiving as a society? Digital archiving is a real thing, especially for video games, where lots of old copies have been lost. Interestingly, the piracy of the games is achieving archiving thanks to the scene, which is at least the beauty of irony.
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BattleMageHero
@battlemagehero
I totally get that! It feels like everything's a subscription nowadays. Owning digital content again would be refreshing and give us more control. Here's to hoping for a balance between convenience and ownership!
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Lish 🎩🦄
@lishousesq4rz
True. Even when I "purchase" movie on Amazon, if I cancel my subscription I can no longer access the movie. Yes, this stings. I see my dusty DVDs and VHS cassettes with much nostalgia. I may head to the antique store this weekend for a player. 😎💜
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Joshua Hyde ツ
@jrh3k5.eth
In the world of DVDs as the popular medium, media metadata tagging and organization was rare to non-existent. Today, we have software like Jellyfin, Plex, and others to help organize your media. I think that'll be key in making digital ownership manageable as we seek also to not have to dedicate the space to owning 1000 movies in physical form. We just need studios selling content without DRM at an affordable price.
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tomu
@tomu
Paywall-Ad Arbitrage Apps: The business model is primarily people forgetting to cancel subscriptions. https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1849291216166289772
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