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Originally Posted by DCTwister
Yeah if you have movies on iTunes or whatever, you only have a subscription to watch those movies during the term of your subscription, nothing more. You don’t own the movies. If that service goes away, you lose access.
The only way around this really is to rip the movies from Blu-ray/DVD onto your hard drive. About 10 years ago I went about doing this. Seemed like a good idea at the time, although a big pain in the ass. Of course I never really used them much and defaulted to just watching / buying on iTunes / Netflix or whatever. Think of it this way - most movies are pretty fungible anyway. You will watch them a few times and never again in reality. If you “buy” on iTunes that probably covers you for a few times you will watch it in your lifetime. Ripping to hard drive is simply not worth the trouble and you would have had to buy the Blu-rays or DVDs anyway.
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I feel what you’re saying. I’ve been eyeballing some movies on sale. Everything I’ve looked at is $4.99. Ultimately, if I do buy a few of these movies and they end up taken off whichever platform I buy from, it probably won’t hurt me all that much.
I would only buy from Apple, Microsoft or Amazon anyway so I feel like I’d be relatively safe on the retailer side.
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Originally Posted by UteChief
I went from hundreds of DVDs and Blu-ray’s to 3. I am 99% digital through iTunes and love it. I no longer wanted to store my collection. I have heard stories of movies and TV series being dropped from carriers but I haven’t experienced anything.I share my collection with my Mom. With iTunes you can share with up to 5 people.
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Same. I’ve always been a minimalist myself. At this point I probably own like 20 total DVDs and Blu-Rays which are all kept in a box in storage.
Digital is just SO much more convenient.