Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."

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?

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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.

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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.

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