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No - another point to those who purchase physical media. Pirates are partially responsible for why we have DRM in the first place.

Physical media (especially 4K Blu Ray Discs with their ~80-90GB movie sizes) are higher quality than pirate streams, have resale value, are fully legal, and you can share them easily with friends without them raising an eyebrow.



> Pirates are partially responsible for why we have DRM in the first place.

I'm not sure that's true. DRM has never prevented piracy. It's to the point that I'm not even sure they were trying to.

> Physical media (especially 4K Blu Ray Discs with their ~80-90GB movie sizes) are higher quality

Maybe, but when they even have higher fidelity they seem to always be worse in other ways. No subtitles. Subtitles that you CANNOT turn off. Subtitles only in your local country language (so no watching with visiting friends and family), even though in other countries the same movie is being sold with the "right" subtitles. Not the "good edition".

Unless you have a big 4K TV you cannot even buy the quality experience that piracy provides, at any price.


Don't forget the 10 minutes of forced advertisements and "antipiracy statements" for something you legitimately purchased.

As a customer, using legal options is worse than piracy.


>DRM has never prevented piracy

Maybe for movies, but game consoles have had a lot of success with it and have prevented a piracy.


Mostly because the online experience is tied to the system itself and not the game. And CD exchange is a big thing in my country.


They also still include DRM, require dedicated hardware to read, usually come out months after a series is streaming on streaming services. And Blu Ray rips can be found on torrent sites.

They're not a real alternative for most people.


DRM that has been broken for, like, a decade now with software easily available for the task. As for torrenting, no reason you can't torrent first and buy later if that's what you want to do. Or heck, torrent while owning the original disc if you feel morally OK with that. They are plenty a real alternative for most people.

Nobody ever said you had the right to just conveniently watch any movie you like, however you like, and never pay a dime if there is a reasonable way to pay but less convenient.


I could wait till blockbuster has batman 3 months from now or I can stream 4k using bittorrent right now at a higher quality than hbomax


You can download remuxes that are the exact same quality as the physical media.




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