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I foresee them making a comeback as more and more people realize that streaming services are terrible.
Media-bound formats are even more terrible though. File-based ones are much superior for longevity.
Agree that video files burned on blu ray would be ideal :D
Jokes aside: physical, unchangeable media do make sense imo.
Apart from the "advantage" for the vendor in copy protection, where do physical, unchangeable media make sense? Particularly in terms of long-term use of the data on there. That basically ties the lifetime of the data to the lifetime of the physical object and also prevents backups.
Iβm not sure I understand you correctly. Unchangeable media has several upsides:
I do accept that without programs to bypass copy protection, commercial movie discs are kind of a problem. Still, I dont see a problem of using burned discs as a long term storage device.
Okay, we might have been talking about different things. I am basically saying formats like video DVD, BluRay,... have no advantage over the same medium with a file on there that you can easily copy to a new one if necessary. Linking the format of the content to the medium itself is a bad idea.
Yes. I fully agree and I meant storing files on blu ray disks but I probably failed to say so directly.
You can sell a DVD. You can buy a DVD.
A DVD remains the content that it is after a file may have been deleted for more space, enabling people to discover that content in the future.
But the people who release BRs are either the same people selling streaming subscriptions, or will be bought up by them. For example, Disney is no longer releasing BRs anymore.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirateβs life for me.
Unless I can buy a BluRay, Iβm not paying for a movie.
Cable TV definitely phased out until streaming came alone.
What can be better than streaming for the general public? Most will just subscribe to every service anyway.
As piracy becomes easier, Iβd imagine piracy will be the best option for the general public. At least until streaming services offer a better alternative.