In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, "streaming anxiety" is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.

Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing::In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, “streaming anxiety” is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.

  • @[email protected]English
    14•10 months ago

    No one in their right mind that knows better has ever stored anything they truly cared to keep in the cloud only. Cloud storage like Google Drive or via streaming services where you can “buy” licenses. Maybe this will be a sign that the average person is catching on to the grift.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•10 months ago

      Yup. “Buying” a movie online is a grift, since all you’re actually doing is buying a license to stream as long as they decide they want to host it. Companies can, and have, removed movies people have bought because of things like studio distribution agreements expiring.

      My dream would be for UHD Blu-ray quality (or better) DRM-free digital movie purchases, much like you already can with high res music. But until that becomes a thing, I’ll be buying a physical copy of any movies or shows that I want to own (rather than rent).

    • @[email protected]English
      2•10 months ago

      When i was a teenager (so not in my right mind) I relied entirely on google drive. At some point they deleted all my files. All my fun childhood programming projects are gone and I learned my lesson about storing my own data