I’ve tented a movie for $2.99, knowing it was an ephemeral purchase. I look at it like going to the movies but for a lot less.

If I were to “buy” a season, it would be so I could rip the stream and save it.

I do have a couple subscriptions through Amazon, as distasteful as it is. But I’m also building my own video collection and get my own copies of stuff as much as I can.

My local libraries have an astounding array of fairly new stuff and classics, in addition to good media from The Great Courses, and books on CD. So I check them out and rip them, converting video to much smaller MKV files since what’s on DVD isn’t high resolution anyway.

I also download stuff from YouTube that I find interesting (Technology Connections, Animagrafs) and financially support those creators.