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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by mort96 on Saturday August 24, 2019 @02:56PM (#20789004)
I get that you would want something local if you happen to re-watch the same things again and again. I don't, and keeping local copies of something in case I want to re-watch it is a waste of space.

Stuff being available exclusively through streaming is certainly a way to enforce DRM, but that doesn't mean people wouldn't still largely be streaming even if stuff was available for download without DRM too.

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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by missosoup on Sunday August 25, 2019 @12:18AM (#20791335)
If you choose to download and not store your copy after consuming the media, that's your choice.

Streaming takes that choice away from the user in the first place. With nothing gained in exchange.

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