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Warner Bros. Discovery is on the eve of launching Max, its new streaming service that combines the already-existing platforms of HBO Max and Discovery+. But don’t expect Aubrey Plaza to be am…

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We're at the stage where owning media is a news-worthy concept. (and no, iTunes is not owning your media either, it's licensed, but how crazy would the headlines be if she bought physical media)

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The thing is…a lot of media will never hit physical copies.

Has anything from Apple TV+ been released on DVD?

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She's going to be appearing in a Disney+ show for Marvel. None of those have ever been released for purchase either (and probably never will be).

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Other than Legion (that's been out for years now)?

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, I had no idea she was in Legion. I was talking about the upcoming show about Agatha.

[–] neardeaf@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

She was the best part in Legion! Ofc next to Dan Stevens’s David Haller

[–] OwlBreeze@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Apparently, according to the article at least, she and her husband wanted to watch ~~The Sopranos~~ Top Chef season 20, they couldn't figure out how to get Hulu+Live to work, so they ended up buying the Sopranos on iTunes.

But I'm pretty sure The Sopranos had a physical release.

[–] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

For a brief time I used Netflix, I was not impressed with the fluctuations of encoding/streaming quality.(yep, I know it's early days.) Fast forward to this year, I visited my friend's place to have a get together, one pick something to watch and yet with gigabit fibre internet it still looks shit and pixelated until it "catches up".

I'd buy downloads instead cause I can zoom around the show without worrying the quality.

A bunch of things from Apple TV+ actually did get put on Blu-Ray, but they're British/European discs

[–] realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you download it and crack the DRM you own that file, at least

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Which in some jurisdictions is also illegal. So I might as well skip the "payment" part then.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are there good DRM removal tools for iTunes? Googling for it gives the expected result, ie. pages and pages of scammy bullshit that I really don't have the energy to sort through

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

A good DRM removal tool would be to purchase the media wherever you like to feel morally good. After that you torrent the media so you can actually own a copy.

[–] RedMarsRepublic@vlemmy.net 24 points 2 years ago

I can't believe someone considers this news

[–] robotrash@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

When you're a millionaire+ it's certainly a lot easier to say "eh, guess I'll just buy everything I ever want to watch outright." This hardly seems like news imo.

[–] HawkMan@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Oh no!.. In other news...

[–] 00@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

She should get a VPN and a pirate hat

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Wow this is some great and exciting technology on display!

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago
[–] dolle@feddit.dk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was a bit unclear for me, but does this article say that HBO Max will become merged with Discovery+? I really hope that's not true. I have HBO because of the relatively high quality, and I would be willing to pay more just to keep the braindead shit from Discovery from polluting the catalog.

[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I buy my films and TV shows from.. wait no I don't

Raw files and/or physical copies > anything else

I like to buy stuff from iTunes and remove the DRM if I can't get a physical copy

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

iTunes isn't much different from any of the "streamers". They still license media to you while reserving the right to withdraw it from you at any time, and stream it to you on-demand. The only thing that's different is the pricing model.

To be fair, it's the only platform that lets you download the media AFAIK, and you can use ViWizard to remove DRM from the files once you've downloaded them.

[–] joebobdobbs@compuverse.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The article mentions that Plaza doesn’t like streaming services because she can’t figure them out. It has nothing to do with ideology.

[–] Skiptrace@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

How tf do you not understand how to navigate a Streaming Service?

[–] Diana@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Indeed, iTunes is even more powerful than some streaming platforms. But iTunes music is also protected by DRM like other videos. I recommend you to take a look at these five best apple music drm removal tools.

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