Comment on Hollywood Keeps Reminding Us Why We Need Physical Media More Than Ever - IGN

• Sheeple@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This so much this. A file is physical media. Streaming isn’t

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  • imecth@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That's just redefining what physical media is. It's used specifically to contrast digital media, like hard drives.
    These headlines just want you to buy dvds/blurays. Which they specifically tell you to do at the end of the article.

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• Rediphile@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No I just memorize all the ones and zeros. /s

  But yes, you are correct. I still feel it’s important to remind people that the only alternative to streaming isn’t like DVDs or vinyl records or something.

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• ech@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To be frank, any mention of “physical media” almost exclusively means DVDs/blu-rays/etc. But people really should talk more about hard drives as physical storage. It’s essentially the same concept as those mediums anyhow. The only physical difference is storage size and the practical differences (no ads, locked content, quality limits, etc) are huge.

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  • quams69@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Except it doesn’t though

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• GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Huh… [GardenVarietyAnxiety leveled up! Gained a new perspective]

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  • probablynaked@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I really like this take. Flexible mindset ftw!

    Also pirating this turn of phrase

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• quams69@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Shhh he doesn’t know drives are physical devices

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