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Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by bestnameever on Sunday December 18, 2022 @11:40PM (#34048565)
> Sure but buying a DVD isn't great either as it has a real destroying the earth cost for something that can be delivered to me using a negligible amount of energy digitally. I

Then buy the streaming version. If it is available by DVD, then you can probably find it available to purchase digitally.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by thot_experiment on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:47AM (#34049258)
Really? Just as a litmus test, the last movie I pirated was a 10bit 4k rip of "The Matrix" which comes in at about 40gigs. This is about the level of quality I'm looking for in a file I buy, sorry if I was misleading w/ my mention of DVD. Practically speaking this is similar to having a *.flac of a song, as it enables me to transcode to lower quality versions for use on different devices from a high quality master. Is this something I can pay for?
Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by bestnameever on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:58PM (#34119927)
Yes, you can purchase or rent the physical copy.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by Too on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:48AM (#34049261)
Please enlighten me where I can buy a streaming movie that can be watch without login, transferred to another service or transferred to another of my devices.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now? by bestnameever on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:55PM (#34119893)
Movies from Sony, Universal, Disney, WB can be watched through multiple services.

https://moviesanywhere.com