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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by _pmf_ on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:23AM (#23311495)
> And unless that's really substantially cheaper than actually buying it on disc, it's a terrible deal.

It's a pretty good deal when I don't have a disc player of any kind (well, CD).

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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by gmac on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @10:30AM (#23311584)
Well, maybe, though an external DVD drive probably costs no more than three or four movies, and then you can make yourself non-DRM digital copies too. (As long as you don't need BluRay and HD).
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by PascLeRasc on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @03:51PM (#23315663)
I place a big value on not owning things I don't want, like external DVD drives. I'd pay more for a virtual one-time-viewing copy than I would for a DVD even if it came with a DVD drive. I specifically want to not own one.
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by toast0 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:38PM (#23313262)
BluRay ripping is possible, too, although not as simple and easy as DVD ripping.
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by MaxBarraclough on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:27AM (#23321089)
I've never used this feature, but apparently Audible/iTunes permits you to burn to a CD exactly once. Far cheaper than buying the 'proper' CD.
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