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People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.
For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.
The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.
So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.
Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.
#edit: go to https://gazafunds.org/ and donate $5 you would otherwise spend on streaming services on a campaign!#ra speaks#piracy#media piracy#pirate to make hondo ohnaka proud#obligatory ‘don’t fucking pirate small authors/artists works wtf dude’ statement.#anyone who’s seen my media bitching before knows I’m a hype man for indie films this ain’t about them#this is about corporate streaming services killing physical media bc sales numbers are less impressive than number of streams#edit: USAmericans stop telling me to buy DVDs and blurays at Walmart. think outside your borders for a hot sec. fun thought exercise.#your experiences are not universal#edit: WHO GOT THIS TO 100k. I JUST WANT TO TALK (this post is my second to hit 100k woahg.)#in other news: fix your fucking posture. drink some fucking water. and go the fuck to bed if it’s late bc it’s for me rn. peace and light.
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Playing back on this post
This is the very real reason why streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Paramount+, etc. are raising their prices for the subscriptions.
DVDs are no longer selling.
That's the reality.
Streaming services are far more convenient.
People are more willing to pay over $100/month for multiple streaming services to get ready-to-watch shows and movies, than a one-time pay of $10-$40+ for the solid dvds for movies and shows.
That is a fact. And it is a fact that the business side of the entertainment industry is aware of.
Physical movies and shows are dying.
There's a reason why you only see Red Box as the physical means for limited renting.
There's a reason Hollywood Videos and Blockbuster closed, except for very rare, limited areas.
There's a reason Netflix stopped their physical DVDs section for renting/buying
When the convenience of streaming became the ultimate convenience, the businesses caught on.
Streaming was only meant to be a convenience. Not the norm.
But it is now the norm. Physical copies are becoming less and less.
This is our reality, and it isn't going to get better.
And just like it isn't going to get better, the risk taking stories are going to be even rarer. Original ideas are going to be set aside for something more safe guarded. Because it's business.
If you want something original, you will have to actively find it. Follow it. Keep the updates. And actively find your community. It is going to be an underground thing, because it won't be broadcasted.
This is the reality today. And it's only going to grow more within the reality.
If you don't want this reality, it's kind of too late--but if you want to slow it down:
Buy DVDs and encourage your friends and family to buy DVDs.
#auntie jen speaks#the business side of entertainment#I have a official and streaming copy of every show and movie I own#yes I buy them twice#because if I love it enough to buy it on streaming they deserve my money for the physical copy too#sometimes I but them the times to get collector/director cut editions on DVDs#those show sales more on physical copies vs digital--because way more money goes into making the physical copy#you want better movies and more risk taking scripts?#buy the DVDs
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Even when filming music videos, they're like, "Okay, Gale. Randy. You'll be making out and undressing each other in the backroom of Babylon. Just like in every episode of the show." Even the music teams know that we'd want at least one Britin moment in the music video.
They needed to give Gale something to do, after all. God knows he can't dance well enough to be at the forefront of the dancing portion of the video. If they wanted to make Brian look good, that is. Gale can hold his own in a sea of extras, but when directly compared to other principal actors in the cast, Gale's skills as a dancer would make Brian look bad.
#making out with randy was a much better use of gale's skills#and that's what the fans wanted anyway#even gale admits he isn't the strongest dancer#we love him anyway#the qaf dvd special features are worth their weight in gold#buy the DVDs#qafamily#britin
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More, Blood Anime DVD Covers (´ω `♡)
Do not repost!
#these are so gorgeous ugh#they alone make buying the DVDs worth it tbh#diabolik lovers#dialovers#diahell#more blood#diabolik lovers official art#ruki mukami#yuma mukami#kou mukami#azusa mukami#mine
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i know that disney is too big to boycott effectively but that shouldn't translate to "and so we should keep buying their products like normal" but rather "at the very least we should try"
#i know they have their fingers in a lot of pies but#i've just been thinking#bc i don't watch star wars or sports or marvel and i don't rlly watch tv/cable anymore#and i haven't bought a disney product or gone to the theme parks#and as far as i know disney doesn't facilitate a necessity that can't be circumvented#and at the VERY‚ very least‚ we're supposed to pressure them#the way i personally interpret that is 'avoid directly supporting them as much as you can'#bc i'm aware that you could accidently support them by proxy by buying something they've invested in#which is why we're supposed to PRESSURE rather than BOYCOTT#but i just also want to see disney downfall in my lifetime but that's neither here nor there#idk man#i was so excited to hear abt the book of bill but I don't think i could stomach#directly supporting the company that pledged $2million to the occupation project#free palestine#and don't forget that you can still sail the seven seas (or just go buy old dvds! I need to build a collection)#lol it's easy to boycott if you're broke !
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it's election day I can be a little political as a treat. if you still purchase or publicly consume or create harry potter media or content, donate to a UK based trans person and sit with your morals for a bit. Both major political parties ran a campaign stoking a culture war against trans people because of Rowlings ideology and funding. Every time you line her pockets - and that includes by consuming and creating fan content publicly, thus proliferating the enjoyment of hp (because even if you don't spend money on it, you are making it acceptable for people who do spend) - you contribute directly, personally, to British trans kids dying early. I don't care if it's important to you - I wore a ravenclaw scarf to school well into my teens, and then I found out Rowling was a terf (and all the antisemitic shit in the books) and every piece of harry potter merchandise got stuffed in a box at the back of my wardrobe. It turns out, when the author of your favourite book is best buddies with the MP of your constituency and they talk about trans people like you're dirt on the bottom of their shoes, it sours the experience a little.
Read a better book. Do better by british trans folks
#i see a lot of 'oh i dont buy it i just watch the films on DVD/read fanfic/ive reclaimed it' well dont#i dont care if youre trans and it doesn't bother you if yr not in the uk it doesn't affect you#and if you are trans and in the uk: grow a fucking spine#rye.txt#maybe I'll delete this later. i feel like people are gonna get mad at me for this LOL
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A lil guy !
#honkai star rail#dan heng#genuinely have a million things i wanna draw and then zero energy#so dan heng in a hoodie#now i gotta go get dinner sooooo maybe that will give energy and then i can draw more of what i actually wanna draw#but i kinda spent like ... hours ? talking to my mom earlier today#since shes been in the hospital for many many days#so i was catching her up on whats been goin on and showed her silly lil videos#and telling her how hyped i was for summer hrid and she (very patient with my fe talk)#was like you always tell me about banners being bad so it must have made you REALLY happy to say the whole banner is good#and im like yeah and i had multiple people on multiple sites like hey salmon/moeblob did ya see the banner#and she was like thats so cool that people acknowledge who you like and im like yeah it is p cool#and then i told her how mad i was at the absolutely criminal act of limiting how you can watch clue (1985 hit movie)#like i told her yeah sure i own it twice on dvd and once on itunes and that the only way to watch those#are either desktop or ps2 and how i dont have access to my itunes email#and i dont have it on my laptop so i sadly would have to rebuy the movie on itunes under a new acct#then i said how i loved that it was free to watch with ads on yt and id watched it twice that way#but then recently wanted to watch it on there but laptop and hoo boy you have to buy or rent it now#so i v angrily was like fine whatever ill do the thing and leave my room and go watch it on my moms tv#while she isnt around and use her amazon prime where it should be included except ! IT WASNT!#YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRIME TO BUY OR RENT IT NOW TOO!#HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS AND WHY ! who in the world is watching this movie so much that isnt me that they have to charge for it now#on all platforms unless you straight up pirate it#and hey why would i of all people be needing to pirate a movie i own physically two times and digitally once#this is literally a personalized attack to me#and my mom was like i understand how you feel cause yeah thats really weird to do to a 1985 movie#and im like yes exactly i have morals and principles that make me opposed to this and its v maddening#and she said she understood and its ok next time we are having power issues and i have to shut down#that if i really wanna watch it i can rent it on her amazon account and i looked at her and shes like oh you feel v strongly about this#and i do! I HAVE HAD IT GIFTED TO ME TWICE ! I BOUGHT IT ONCE! WHY DO I HAVE TO RENT IT FOR MORE MONEY!
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the last time we had to move i was so fucking sick of dealing with physical objects that i just gave away my entire cd collection i'd been hauling around since high school, aside from the david bowie sound and vision collection. i decided it would be fine because i had all my CDs ripped to mp3 anyway as well as having them backed up to google music using the library upload that was basically their core feature at the time.
lol. lmao.
#original#i have regrets#there were cds in there you literally cannot buy#shit i got on barterbee in exchange for dvds i stole#some of which were actually review copies and not the final cd that got released#i still have the mp3s but i COULD have the flac if i had kept the goddamn CDs
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Friday 13 Set for The Sims 2
🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 👻🎃
This is a 4to2 conversion from Hydrangea, low poly. Tv is functional, you can put it on any surface. Dvd and Popcorn are deco (found in deco-miscellaneous). The messy pile of dvd's is slaved to the other one.
DOWNLOAD HERE
#sims 2 cc#the sims 2#ts2#sims 2 download#the sims 2 cc#ts2 download#4to2#4to2 conversion#sims 2 objects#buy mode#television#horror movies#dvd#popcorn#halloween#spooky#functional
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so weird being an eldest sibling who can't relate to most of the "eldest sibling memes". not the being a surrogate parent against your will to your younger siblings and being expected to set the bar for success in everything you did, i did have to deal with that, but all the jokes about how you were the only one resembling an actual normal human being in your family and your younger siblings were like imps sent from hell to torment you. because out of me and my brother i was the devil sibling. he didn't like to bring his friends over to our house because they were scared of his creepy sister who would stare out at them from the windows with her horrible dead shark's eyes and read books and watch shows on tv with photos of real life decomposing corpses and diseased rotting flesh in them that would give them nightmares.
#🐉#i unintentionally terrified so many of my brothers friends by just hanging out in the living room watching horror movies#when he had them around for sleepovers#and like. wildlife and medical shows. it was usually those because we didnt have good tv and i had to save up to buy dvds from the store.#unironically my teen years were like those 'guys say they want a goth gf but if they met a real goth gf theyd get scared' posts
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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' will have a physical release on April 30th, with preorders opening on March 12th. The 4K UHD Steelbooks and Blu-Rays will feature collectible packaging, concept art, and special features, including director’s commentary.
#star wars#kenobi#kenobi series#kenobi show#*#TAKE MY MONEY WE WONNNNNN#I shoulddddd be able to buy from the amazon us store right#how does one rip a dvd afsgsf
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via markforrer's stories, 14/02/2024
#someone is trying to buy the rights for wad movie 🤙#igstories#mark forrer#the crew#wad dvd#dan should ask troye. interscope is UMG's company#and troye is on UMG
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DVDs....
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Was thinking about my two idiot children (affectionate) and doodled them on my lunch. But ahhh, sticky notes kept curling up so I pinned them to the office wall and um, think I'll just keep them there LOL
#my art#doodles#fanart#lolirock#mephisto#praxina#yeah no I'm still not over the ending of season 2#i don't care how many years may pass LOL#side note is it possible to buy physical copies of the show in french?#don't know if it ever got a dvd release
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this is literally only 1 1/2 shelves of some of my favs omg
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