How easy is easily? It seems like you would either be able to buy something or not...

The problem is these studios don't seem to get or understand that nobody likes the subscription model. Nobody likes to feel like they spend thousands of dollars a year to essentially own nothing.

When you bought a DVD in the past it was incredibly easy for you to take that DVD and as long as you have a DVD player you can rewatch that movie over and over again without having to pay another dime for the privilege to do so. Now you have to contend with licenses expiring and a show you wanted to watch on Netflix (for example) is now no longer available because people at the C-level can't stop being greedy and pushing for more and more money.

Edit: Not to say the subscription model is completely wrong. It's actually a very compelling model, pay once each month for access to an entire catalogue of movies and TV shows is amazing. It's just really frustrating to watch streaming platforms hemorrhage content as the original media owners look towards higher licensing fees or even consider standing up their own streaming service, making yet another streaming service you have to pay for to access content.

You can buy a DVD today still, also, even if you're talking about something that is streaming only, buying a subscription to a service service is easy. If you don't think there's enough value in it, that's a different conversation.

Can't play a DVD on a phone/tablet though. Unless you want to rip it, and that's way more difficult/time consuming than a torrent.

Setting aside that some physical media does come with a digital download/digital code/whatever, or that you can just purchase digital media direct, or that you can just use use a streaming service on your phone/tablet, if you look at the top of this thread, we're talking about "moral justification" for piracy.

You're not suggesting that the small hurdle required to clear before you can watch a DVD specifically your phone or tablet justifies piracy beyond you just not wanting to pay for it, are you? If so, you're making OP's point...

Also, using handbrake is not "way more difficult/time consuming than a torrent", come on.

> if you look at the top of this thread, we're talking about "moral justification" for piracy.

No, that comment was saying morality is just an excuse. This thread is about convenience being the main reason for piracy.

>If so, you're making OP's point...

Yeah, that's why I responded to you instead of them.