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iTunes is literally the same as streaming though.
You rent access to the content for as long as the platform wants.
DVD/Bluray are the solution to this... except not everything is released like that...
In the end, piracy wins... again... like it always has...
In the end, piracy wins… again… like it always has…
Ain't that the truth. And honestly I don't want to pirate media. I'd rather pay so I could support content creators, but I don't want to support this "you don't own anything, you're only licensing it out temporarily from corporations and they can fuck you over any time they feel like it" bullshit either.
I really wish there was a way to just buy a digital file of a movie I want so I can have it on my plex
Right? That doesn't sound like it's a lot to ask
It makes sharing the media easier and the more media is shared, the less people have to buy it or pay to stream it. It's just an attempt to throw a wrench into a situation that is gonna happen anyway.
Counterpoint: I have never shared any DRM free media I got for a fair price with anyone else, because I respect them for that.
Anything I bought and got annoyed by DRM, or stuff I obtained in other ways is free for all.
You rent access to the content for as long as the platform wants
Yeah I've had movies I "bought" on Apple disappear and they just offer a free rental when you finally notice and complain. They expect you to download everything you buy when you buy it and sync it between devices if you want to keep it.
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)
The thing is…a lot of media will never hit physical copies.
Has anything from Apple TV+ been released on DVD?
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).
Other than Legion (that's been out for years now)?
Oh, I had no idea she was in Legion. I was talking about the upcoming show about Agatha.
She was the best part in Legion! Ofc next to Dan Stevens’s David Haller
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.
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
If you download it and crack the DRM you own that file, at least
Which in some jurisdictions is also illegal. So I might as well skip the "payment" part then.
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
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.
I can't believe someone considers this news
Oh no!.. In other news...
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.
She should get a VPN and a pirate hat
Wow this is some great and exciting technology on display!
k.
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
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.
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.
The article mentions that Plaza doesn’t like streaming services because she can’t figure them out. It has nothing to do with ideology.
How tf do you not understand how to navigate a Streaming Service?
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.