It’s what happened with music eventually, but so far I have not seen that with mainstream video releases, only some independent things
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Godnroc@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I did a really quick search and a mechanical hard drive costs around 1$ for 50gb of storage while a blank Blu-ray was closer to 1$ for 25gb of storage. That would suggest a drive is more effective at storing data from a cost perspective, so there just needs to be a service that sells movies in a digital format.
jqubed@lemmy.world 6 days ago
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 5 days ago
No it didn’t. I don’t know if a single vendor aside from Bandcamp that will sell you the actual files, and let’s be honest their catalogue is pathetic.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
“Sell” and “digital format” are not something that media companies like. More like long term rent on very specific locked down hardware and software.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
“Best we can do is an overpackaged, encrypted, read-only 32gb microSD for $49.99. It requires a dedicated proprietary media player and if you’re lucky, it won’t fail in a year.”
“Why won’t anyone buy our movies :(”
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
The thing is they want people to stream media for the most part. Buying movies is the niche that needs filled for the sake of it.
What I want is a healthier media economy. Right now I don’t pirate anything and I would love to legally get content in a way that is sustainable.
However, at the rate we are going piracy is going to be the only way.