Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies
by dfxm12 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:20AM
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Why eschew ripping physical media? You'll likely have a more uniform collection in terms of quality. Also depending where you are in the world, it's either legal or just as legal as torrenting media. In the latter case, it's not really enforced. It's also probably more honourable, if that's something you really care about.
Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies
by PontifexMinimus on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @11:39AM
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> Why eschew ripping physical media?
None of my computers has a DVD drive! Though if I was interested in movies, probably one would.
> You'll likely have a more uniform collection in terms of quality.
Also 4K is useless to me as I have a 1080p monitor.
> It's also probably more honourable, if that's something you really care about.
Helping systems of control that are actively hostile towards me is not honourable, IMO.
Re:The deception of “buying” digital movies
by YurgenJurgensen on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:12PM
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You need a real computer to rip BDs. A netbook or a Raspberry Pi aren't going to cut it because of the CPU requirements. Said Pi will have no trouble running a torrent client though.
When the "legal" way to do it is self-evidently a scam perpetuated by corporations and governments working together against our interests, then they only honourable ways are either to watch illegal downloads or not watch movies at all.