• @reddig33
    link
    English
    4511 months ago

    This week anyway.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1911 months ago

      You have it for 30 more months. That’s two and a half years to gain the relatively easy skills to join the Jolly Roger, yarr

      • @SkyezOpen
        link
        English
        311 months ago

        This comment is brought to you by my favorite streaming service, (name a VPN)!

        • Pika
          link
          fedilink
          English
          111 months ago

          cue “but not the vpn!” when someone names one lmao

  • Rentlar
    link
    fedilink
    English
    1411 months ago

    This doesn’t change the fact that Sony or any other media company can yank your access away at any moment.

    Any digital movie you “purchase” isn’t buying it unless you can make a functional offline backup copy.

  • Dariusmiles2123
    link
    fedilink
    English
    6
    edit-2
    11 months ago

    It’s a good lesson for me to never buy movies on anything else than blurays or dvds. The only problem is their degradation with time.

    I’d still feel safe buying digital games from Sony, although I prefer physical versions 😇

    • @ANIMATEK
      link
      English
      611 months ago

      Just sail the high seas my friend. I download almost everything as blueray rip or better know as “remux”.

      • @echo64
        link
        English
        611 months ago

        You can also just buy and rip, I know it’s not popular to say this on the internet. But I like giving money to people who make things that I enjoy. I’d rather the money go to them than Starbucks or whatever

    • @echo64
      link
      English
      511 months ago

      Fwiw, bluray degradation with time isn’t an actual known issue. Old cds have issues that leave then very vulnerable to scratches, and the reflective backing oxidizes leading to disk rot, but both things were effectively solved by the time bluray came around.

      Maybe if you’re concerned about the 200yr lifespan, store them in an argon environment, but you’re probably not

      • Dariusmiles2123
        link
        fedilink
        English
        111 months ago

        Well surprisingly I’ve got 4-5 dvd’s which are skipping chapters without any scratches on the back and now also 1 blu-ray doing that.

        That’s why I feel like it’s important to know that your movies shouldn’t be expected to last for a lifetime if you don’t back them up.

        • @echo64
          link
          English
          211 months ago

          Dvds were still 90s technology. They can have issues for sure. But they always did do it. It’s not a developing problem. Often, just bad manufacturing

          But your bluray issue is more than likely an aging laser more than an issue with the disk.

          You’re correct to say it’s better to backup, but honestly, blurays should be expected to last a lifetime if you aren’t keeping them in extreme conditions or going at them with power tools.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      311 months ago

      They can also be destroyed in a fire or flooding. People can steal them. Ownership and permanece are illusions.

  • @AgentGrimstone
    link
    English
    110 months ago

    Damage is done. All they did was made it more apparent that customers don’t own what they bought.