Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations

• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  🏴‍☠️

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Won’t give them the satisfaction. There are plenty of other Christmas movies (we actually have like 4 days worth).

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      3 more days to cover, then. Hop to it!

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      • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If they haven’t already included the Die Hard movies are they even trying?

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• Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can assume what your point is, but can you clarify why? Lol

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We’re moving into a space where the only way to access certain types of content that was previously ownable is now through subscription.

    There is absolutely no technical reason why Klaus is only available on streaming. It doesn’t require special live-servers to run. There is no staff maintaining it. There are no monthly updates. It’s just 20 gigs of data on someone else’s hard drive that you aren’t allowed to have.

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    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      See but it was only released that way, it’s not like it was physical and became digital only (as far as I’m aware) it’s like music or YouTube videos, it is primarily a digital platform and medium.

      As someone who’s been digital only with media for nearly a decade and a half, it doesn’t matter to me if I can physically buy it, can I get it digitally somehow? Yes.

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      • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But what if you can’t get it? Go try to watch the Willow TV show on Disney+. There is no longer a legal way to watch it. They removed it from the service. You can’t buy it. It’s gone. Disney has also been editing its classic movies like Lilo and Stitch and Splash to remove parts that I guess they found objectionable.

        The trend that entertainment and culture are increasingly held hostage behind a paywall and subject to edits is dystopian as hell. What’s to stop Spotify or Netflix from moving all of your favorite media to Spotify Pro or Netflix Premium? What if there’s no other way to acquire that media? How much would you pay per month to experience it again? In what way is this a service that benefits the consumer?

        I like my collection of movies, shows, and music, and as long as I’m careful not to lose the files, I can experience them, unchanged, for as long as I like.

        it’s not like it was physical and became digital only

        And that is happening. Many movies are out of print. DVDs don’t always last forever. There has never been a legal way to obtain a movie in a DRM-free digital format. Ripping backups from discs is the only way to guarantee they are preserved and available forever.

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