falidorn
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- Comment on The future of Blu-ray is looking bleak (and that's a bad thing for everyone) 1 week ago:
The real reason we have DRM-free stores is because there’s no copy protection on CDs themselves. Companies tried and failed several times to add copy protection to CDs. That, on top of a great public outcry, is the reason we have those online stores. For some reason the public didn’t fight as hard with video and rights are a lot harder to manage with so many contributors.
You’re right that Musicians can publish their products on their own because the funding requirements are much lower. Movie/TV costs have skyrocketed and very few can afford to publish their own products. Just look at Coppola with Megalopolis. He self funded like $200 million for the movie but still had to get a distributor.
- Comment on The future of Blu-ray is looking bleak (and that's a bad thing for everyone) 1 week ago:
There are plenty of boutique brands out there that have taken up the physical distribution in lieu of the content owners. As long as there’s a market for it, physical discs will still exist. There are definitely some companies that have decided not to license out distribution but they also own their own digital platforms (looking at you Netflix). Fortunately, much of what they produce is merely content and not worth owning.
- Comment on The future of Blu-ray is looking bleak (and that's a bad thing for everyone) 2 weeks ago:
I mean, it is in my house. It’s on my computer. But now I can access it from anywhere too.
- Comment on The future of Blu-ray is looking bleak (and that's a bad thing for everyone) 2 weeks ago:
I will admit that I prefer accessing my movies digitally. I will also admit that I absolutely prefer actually owning things I buy. So the compromise is to buy a disc, rip it onto a computer, and access it from there. Physical media won’t die until digital rights actually represents ownership. Unfortunately procuring those discs will likely continue to be more expensive and the discs themselves less prevalent.
- Comment on Hurry 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Destiny 2 Players Struggle To Find Fireteams As Population Drops To All-Time Low 4 weeks ago:
It’s like 7 years old now. Let it go Bungie, it’s time to move on.
- Comment on Stupid Sexy Mice 1 month ago:
It’s fat free!
- Comment on Fred VanBrick flubs inbound pass to wide-open Segun under the basket for the L 2 months ago:
Also a massive foul on Sengun but that doesn’t get called a lot on those end of game plays.
- Comment on It's a Good Time To Be an Indie Game Fan 3 months ago:
This has been true for a decade now.
- Comment on What We Don't Talk About in "Spec Ops The Line" 3 months ago:
Well I’m one of those people you mentioned. Get on it!
- Comment on What We Don't Talk About in "Spec Ops The Line" 3 months ago:
I’m gonna be that person and say that if you haven’t made the effort to play a 12 year old game by now, you never will. Not belittling your effort to avoid spoilers though.
- Comment on Yolk Heroes: A Long Tamago by PixelWestern, somepx 3 months ago:
Fantastic name. Great marketing all on its own.
- Comment on Charles Barkley Releases Statement 5 months ago:
Chuck, I got news for you. Most people that follow the NBA don’t have cable. This will likely expand the reach of the NBA to the younger fans and, frankly, is necessary for the sport to succeed. TNT has largely languished with the rights over the years tbh.
- Comment on I'm the best perimeter defender in this tournament, in the world, in the NBA," DillionBrooks 1 year ago:
Well you’re certainly the loudest and most obnoxious.
