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• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Besides, you can just rip the disc and remove the ads.

  So once again, as per the meme, it’s easier to just pirate in the first place

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  • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Certainly not. I just insert the disc and it starts playing. How can it be easier than that? It’s also really hard to get the best possible quality of every movie and all the extras with piracy. It’s not very convenient.

    Besides, you don’t support the artists in any way doing that. I want more movies to be produced that I like. The only way to incentivize that is with my wallet. Blue-rays is probably the best way to do it.

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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Acquiring:
      Blu-Ray - Drive to the store, find the movie you want, (In some cases make sure it has the special features if you want those, which will cost more), wait at the checkout, pay, drive home.
      Alternatively - Go the the store’s website, type the movie name, enter credit card details, wait for delivery.
      Piracy - Go to Torrent site, type movies name, download. (Optional - spend an extra minute looking for the torrent of a lower quality because your TV can’t display 1080p anyway, and making sure it has special features if you want those)
      Movie is ready to play in less time than it would take to drive to the store.

      Playing:
      Blu-ray - Find the disc, put in player, wait for ads on media you have purchased and own, (alternative - pay more for a better player that skips ads you don’t want to watch on the media you paid for and own), wait through needless menu animations, watch movie.
      Piracy - Go to your movies folder, open the file.

      There is no metric by which Blu-ray is more convenient than Piracy unless you live somewhere with lousy internet. I have on more than one occasion downloaded a torrent for a movie I own the Blu-Ray for because that was faster than finding the disk with the added bonus of skipping all the faff on the disk (ads, menu transitions). The only argument for purchasing a Blu-ray is to support the creators, and if they want me to spend money for a worse experience then the studios should not be making it even worse by including ads.
      Every time I purchase a Blu-ray to support media I like, I watch it and I am immediately reminded of all the annoyances that make me regret my decision.

      Netflix was so successful because it was easier than piracy. Now there’s a dozen different “me too!” services and I could check each of them to see if they have the movie/show I’m looking for, or I could just go to a torrent site that I know has it.

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      • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You keep repeating the same things that I’ve already invalidated.

        • All ads are skippable and with the right player will skip automatically
        • You can digitize your movie collection. No need to insert any disc if that’s what you prefer
        • Blu-rays have much better video and sound quality. If you do find a Blue-ray rip you’ll quickly run out of storage unless you spend a thousand dollars on harddrives. Each Blue-ray rip takes between 50 and 100 GB of storage. No, don’t even start with shitty compression. I don’t want that.
        • Some people want the Blue-ray menu. They are actually really nice sometimes. There are even movies with director commentary, recording functionality or other fun gimmicks. You don’t have to use it. But you have it as sold and intended.
        • But all of the points above are irrelevant when you consider that pircary does not support the creators at all and ensures that companies make even shittier content and services. They need the money to produce the content so they will squeeze everyone else even more if they don’t get anything from you. Piracy makes everything worse.

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