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Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by ge96 on Thursday February 26, 2026 @03:12PM (#47171427)
That's one of those things, gotta have all these discs... I already have a hoarding problem, but it is a solution

I want to point out I'm still an apt dweller unfortunately

Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by BobaFloutist on Thursday February 26, 2026 @04:57PM (#47172511)
Nah, you can rip the discs and sell them back/toss them.

You can also get discs from most libraries, book stores, many garage sails, ebay, for super cheap.

Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by iaaan on Friday February 27, 2026 @01:06PM (#47183509)
At that point, why not just pirate and cut out the used disk middleman since the original creators aren't seeing any money from the purchase at that point anyway?
Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by BobaFloutist on Friday February 27, 2026 @02:44PM (#47184680)
Lip service to the law, in theory purchasing used discs supports original sales of new discs, and I at least sometimes prefer the discovery experience of physical browsing.
Re:Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play... by hedora on Friday February 27, 2026 @05:02PM (#47186302)
Borrowing from libraries sort of gives money to the creators, since the libraries seem to buy + dump lots of copies. Buying used gives the libraries money, since they dump the copies at the used store.

Alternatively, be like me, and have a $100 budget for N ~= 20 BluRays/40 DVDs. 2-3 can be new purchases if used isn't in stock.