Netflix Will End Its DVD Service After 25 Years

Re:Netflix Will End Its DVD Service After 25 Years by umanwizard on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @11:06PM (#35623801)

For me that’s a last resort. As someone whose career involves producing intellectual property (like most programmers) I prefer to pay for it whenever possible.

I’ll torrent things if they aren’t available any other way, but I hope that isn’t the case.

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Re:Netflix Will End Its DVD Service After 25 Years by can16358p on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:32AM (#35624261)

I know that exact feeling.

While I'd also pay what producers deserve, in some cases it's not possible. You could pirate the content, and buy something (e.g. Merch or something similar where the funds go roughly to the same place as if you've obtained a legal copy of the actual content) other than the actual media from them.

If buying a 4K Blu-Ray copy of a movie is 20 dollars, but I'd prefer an MP4 on my computer (and don't have a disc player anyway): I can simply pirate a BRRip torrent, but get for example a T-shirt of a similar price, or perhaps even directly donate money to them if possible.

I believe its fair play.

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Re:Netflix Will End Its DVD Service After 25 Years by smcl on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @03:19AM (#35625293)

Me too. I subscribe to Netflix, HBO and Amazon though. There are shows companies will not offer in my locale at any price. I could either take a stand and hope that whoever is in charge picks up the signal somehow then wait … or I could just download a few episodes and move on.

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