Re:Lifetime access plans are (mostly) a hoax
by PaulHoule on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:21PM
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A lot of these are still pretty cheap.
I know people who make a big deal out of collecting physical media. Personally I find the volume of space they take up is oppressive. I spent a lot of last summer trying to gentle a stray cat
in the "cat room" in our other house (same lot) that was under renovation. I took over a TV and the XBOX and set up a wireless link with the last version of
I also took over all my DVD and Blu-Ray. I watched plenty of TV and movies off my media server and off Apple TV, Peacock and Tubi but didn't watch a single disc. I kept the best 10% and gave the rest to the reuse center who thought I was crazy to let go if it. (Boy was it hard to decide between the theatrical release and Richard Donner cut of Superman II)
I know people who make a big deal out of collecting physical media. Personally I find the volume of space they take up is oppressive. I spent a lot of last summer trying to gentle a stray cat
https://mastodon.social/tags/BobB
in the "cat room" in our other house (same lot) that was under renovation. I took over a TV and the XBOX and set up a wireless link with the last version of
https://uisp.com/us/wireless/airmax2-4ghz
I also took over all my DVD and Blu-Ray. I watched plenty of TV and movies off my media server and off Apple TV, Peacock and Tubi but didn't watch a single disc. I kept the best 10% and gave the rest to the reuse center who thought I was crazy to let go if it. (Boy was it hard to decide between the theatrical release and Richard Donner cut of Superman II)