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DVDs are dirt cheap, plentiful as fuck, don't have DRM bullshit to have to deal with, last for decades when stored properly, and still look pretty damn good with deinterlacing. Plus, they don't run any of the risks associated with piracy. Am I allowed to copy my DVDs onto my hard drive? That may be a legal gray area. But can they see that I copied my DVDs to my hard drive? Of course not. And I'm not making my ISOs and MKVs available to the world for download.

Spend 4 bucks on a used DVD. Give her the ol'

dd if=sr0 of=~/Videos/Movies/Title.iso

And keep the disc for basically forever. Copy it again if something happens to your file. EZPZ. Plus, it's cool to own a physical thing imo.

One last thing: DVDs come with subtitles. I have a hard time understanding spoken words. I like to read my movies as I watch them. Makes it easier to know what's going on without cranking the volume to 11. Speaking of which, the menu for the Spinal Tap DVD is excellent.

That's only if it's an older movie. The latest Captain America is available to rent for $25, or to buy for $30.

Or you can do what I did, and sail the high seas for it.

I use an Emby/Jellyfin stream. There's nothing I don't have.

Yarrtt.

And it’s never anything in demand either. It’s always some random movie you came across on Wikipedia when you were scrolling through some actor’s filmography, and a minor interest was sparked. These companies create no value and hoard wealth and power. The whole copyright regime is tyrannical.

Or I can keep it for 0.

.arr me matey

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Capitalism never learns. I was off of pirating for over a decade because things were actually somewhat affordable and you didn't have to jump through hoops to access everything. I'm right back in it, pirating everything, fuck these business school graduate scumbags.

you guys remember this old goldie?

I pay for a VPN once a year and then everything is free. Ahoy mateys!