The Dark Side of Digital Media

[@TheKingerd]

Note 1): Alan Wake 2 physical edition has since been announced for all the physical media enjoyers out there; Note 2): Some people have rightly pointed out that the graphic I show on screen when mentioning FFIV’s free trial gives the impression I’m saying it’s got a time limit. That’s not what I meant to convey at all and will make a point to better match graphics with what I’m saying in the future. The point being made there is that free trials could get more restrictive over time by any means, whether that be time, content, abilities, etc; FFIV is meant to be the reference point, not the target of that particular criticism. When that part comes up just close your eyes and listen to my soothing succulent voice instead lol. Will do better next time 🤙🏻

[@PrincessNine]

FFXIV aka 14. You wrote FFIV aka ff4.

[@mrpmj00]

Some great recent movies with sound effects I've discovered that most people do not mention: - Superman in 4k 5 disc collection - Amazing Spiderman 1 and 2 - Legend of Hercules - Legend of Tarzan - Life - Kong skull island - Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 - Ghost Rider / Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance - xXx: Return Of Xander Cage - Gladiator/Braveheart 2-Movie Collection (4K Ultra HD + Digital) - Bumblebee,Transformers - The Revenant Top Blu-Ray: - Grand Prix (starring James Garner) - House of Flying Daggers - Need for Speed - Wyatt Earp (1994) - John Carter ==== Best music streaming = Apple Music lossless

[@555Gamingandproductions]

I Really Want Physical Media To Still Happen For More Than Just Years...But Also Decades. Christopher Nolan Supports It, But Sadily, No One Else Has All because of greed...

[@mrpmj00]

​@@555Gamingandproductions Yes and No. I only buy physical discs for a great action movie soundtrack to make me want to rewatch a movie, otherwise I'm only going to see it once so streaming is the way to go. Best streaming picture quality and sound is Apple TV+

[@MadsterV]

physical media rots though. Backup and rotate every few years!

[@Sulphurite]

If buying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing.

[@dannybrat3127]

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@FTChomp9980]

*U are a Pirate starts playing*

[@TheKingerd]

@@FTChomp9980 bass boosted for sure too

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

well guess I'll end up with 2pb worth of hdds

[@HaveanOreshnik]

Piracy is key comrades Be a Pirate, Somali or Jack Sparrow

[@aaronlane8276]

This is why I like to buy Blu-Ray copies of movies I like because I don't trust streaming services enough to have every movie I want to watch.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I personally only buy DVDs unless I have a specific reason to want the Blu-ray release as I can store typically 2-3 DVDs for the space that one BR takes up.

[@gohawks3571]

I hate Blu-rays... I love DVDs. They're simple. You don't have to wait extra for them to connect to the Internet to show you ads...

[@aaronlane8276]

@@gohawks3571 So far I have not encountered a single ad with the Blu-Ray movies I have bought. So I must consider myself lucky.

[@3arthandsky]

​@@gohawks3571what blurays are you buying. None of mine require or need Internet access to do anything.

[@Andersljungberg]

Also, you may have to wait a bit before this premieres on a streaming service. perhaps especially if the film comes from a well-known film company. first it will perhaps be available as a digital rental film, meaning that there is payment for the film much like when you rented a blu-ray film

[@Maya_Ruinz]

This is why I always tell people to just buy a physical copy, if you know you are going to watch a movie or play a game over and over just drop the money for the physical. There is no sense in spending hundreds on multiple streaming services when you really only watch 2-3 series all year.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I generally buy physical for anything that I really want to watch. But, I do like the convenience of streaming, so I rip all of it to disk and stream it over my LAN so that I don't have to mess around with discs or worry about them going bad. I've got DVDs going back to the late '90s and some of them do go bad over time.

[@JOHNNYCHICAGO8]

Old school is the best way

[@Andersljungberg]

I don't know where you live, but here in Sweden streaming services and play channels can be part of the TV subscription. I personally definitely watch more than two series or two movies. Please note there are also movies on KZbin. even ones that are completely free to watch. such as martial arts films

[@MrVariant]

I have no idea who actually buys the $20 new movie rentals 😂. You don't even own it for a week and buying for $30 is more expensive than the dvd/bluray. Even video games got standards lol

[@boshrek4759]

When I look at my shelf full of horror movies it brings a tear of joy to my eye. I love Physical media!

[@thiscorrosion3843]

Same here!

[@kurtrussell5228]

I love whore movies too!!

[@FTChomp9980]

I always buy Physical Media for Games,Books,Movies,and Tv Shows will never stop it either.

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Same here!

[@xdomeman]

Same! Physical forever!

[@ashleeramey]

Same

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I’ve gone digital with some retro games.

[@GameFreakSucks]

Same here, I wish I could buy more physical media but my parents are biased towards streaming

[@babettesfeast6347]

Streaming services censor and cut movies whereas on Blu ray you own the original uncut version for ever.

[@JagoKestis]

Exposure leads to Tolerance. Tolerance leads to Acceptance. Acceptance…leads to Suffering.

[@Deodank]

You can always count on youtube comments to be chock full of Call of Duty game over quotes.

[@timpize8733]

@@Deodank Pretty sure it's a Star Wars reference. 😏

[@VonMagXL]

@@timpize8733 I thought that was the Communist Manifesto (aka The Democrat game plan except Green is the emergency to put government in control and it's straight white men and Karens against everyone else instead of worker class versus the rich. There's an interesting video on here about the modern push for Communism. Co-opting Bernie Sanders to get his voters is what opened the floodgates, similar to how the Tea Party and then later Trumpism corrupted traditional Republicans. Now it's bad versus worse. I'll let you decide which is worse, but I know which side banned my try zinc against Covid on Facebook (despite being from a epidemiologist). I couldn't stand to vote for either in 2016.

[@GameFreakSucks]

Basically how the democrat party and alphabet mafia took over America

[@DukeNukem2020]

This depresses me. Growing up in the 90’s, I remember Best Buy having rows and rows and rows of music and movies. Even in the early to mid 2000’s, BB had lots of physical media. Also, streaming movies isn’t good because Hulu and Netflix always remove and add movies like crazy

[@RobertQuant]

Remember streaming never existed either and the internet people had no choice but to go to Best Buy to buy their favorite movies and music to find out every Tuesday new releases I miss that Know we have the latest iPhone and get music so fast on cheap cell phones just to stream if 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@BrianAwesome]

@Duke, Or they'll edit them.

[@livingchutoy5422]

Problem is? The studios that make/made these movies do not care about your ability to watch a 10, 20, or 30 year old movie. This fact, like it or not, extends to the Streaming Services. The moment a show or movie fails to meet a certain criteria (number of views per say) they will remove it. They are not about what you want. They are about $$$ and that is it. If SpaceBalls is not getting as many views as Scary Movie then SB gets removed and Scary Movie 2 gets added. As for Physical Copies. DvDs and Blu-Rays are going the way of the Dodo.

[@DukeNukem2020]

@@RobertQuant I remember days of actually having to go to the store since online delivery didn’t exist either. Point of my post is if you own the physical media (with the exception of games nowadays), it’s not going anywhere. All of my old CDs, cassettes, dvds, physical games, and blu-rays still play. One thing is that I bought a single song from iTunes back in 2009 and Apple removed it, so in my library it says “unavailable in your region”……but it still plays on my iPod since I transferred it over years ago. I can’t remember the name of the streaming service, but they were popular about 10 years ago (I think UltraViolet or something), now it’s gone for good

[@RobertQuant]

@ as long as collectors are still buying physical media it will never go away there’s money to be made on movies and music on true collectors still buy them and support physical media A lot of people don’t like streaming either they killed the stores

[@majingazetto4146]

My father owned a video store from the mid 80s up until '95. When he had started, he toyed with the idea of a local video delivery service. He told me, in the end he never got to do it that way due to his application for governmental funding was denied. He said the guy who was checking his application said to him „What? That’s how you want to do it? Then there is basically no work for you to do.“ and then denied the funding. He could have been one of the first to start a Netflix kind of business. I still remember finding his first attempts to create a catalogue for the movie. He started drafting with one of those old self adhesive photoalbums in which he had arranged clippings from magazines and other print catalogues. I guess he planned to write a description for each movie with a typewriter or needle printer and then photocopy the pages to turn them into something he could send to his club members. These were the days before desktop publishing was widespread. He had some good ideas back in the day but lacked the funds and manpower to pull it off. Pretty sad in retrospect.

[@ForceMaximus84]

Physical Media Forever

[@ZaKRo-bx7lp]

Game Companies as well as streaming services now spend an unhealthy amount of time trying to swindle consumers in a market where purchasing power has gone down and trust is falling. Only a few Triple A games turn a profit and the industry is shrinking. It's a complete death spiral. We're witnessing the erosion of quality for newer releases as development time that could have gone to delivering a better product is now spent chopping up games or inserting new ways to charge you money.

[@benjaminfraeyman]

😭 man i miss my good ol physical world. Buying more and more of my childhood back so ill have something to enjoy when i retire (in 40 years)

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

ebay

[@voiceofreason4551]

Sailing the 7 seas and backing it up on a seperate hard drive is also an option.

[@benjaminfraeyman]

@@voiceofreason4551 😆

[@flyinglobster9552]

@@voiceofreason4551ye getting all your information stolen is also an option

[@moonlambo5229]

If the internet gets shut off tomorrow i'm good. I have hundreds of movies, CDs, and Video Games that i'll be good for awhile.

[@Scitch-et4vk]

Digital media is truly awful

[@csolisr]

Correction: digital media with DRM is awful, if it were not for that, being able to make your own backups would make it even superior to physical in terms of preservation

[@TheBlackSeraph]

@@csolisr In my experience, piracy is the only valid means of digital preservation. When digital storefronts became a thing with Gen 7, many advocates claimed that it meant fewer games would be lost to the ravages of time. It didn't take long for people to be disabused of that notion.

[@flyinglobster9552]

It’s not idk why all you care to keep ur games in 50yrs. But ok

[@flyinglobster9552]

@@TheBlackSeraphthx but I’m not getting hacked to ‘preserve’ a game

[@markcraven8386]

Gotta love pawn shops. Vast numbers of DVDs and usually your able to inspect the disc for obvious flaws before purchasing. You can build quite a library for dirt cheap.

[@csolisr]

One of the many, many reasons why I've been boycotting Big Media altogether for about a decade. If they're so insistent in making their works unavailable then fine, I'll go on with my life as if they were indeed unavailable

[@Halfrican-Jones]

I’m still making sure Amazon is not ignoring all my media purchases recently. I went full physical media to be absolutely sure I vote with my wallet. Any PC games I’ve bought for the past two years on GOG.

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

g o g offer's dvd an cd's game's ?

[@Kap0wn3D711]

@@creatorsfreedom6734 You can burn them to a disc, not sure if that's allowed as part of their T&C but as long as you don't distribute them you should be OK

[@shaggysweetness]

@@creatorsfreedom6734 GoG usually offers full digital downloads that can be backed up etc without DRM, but they are just as susceptible to it. They've removed games and licenses before as well. You also cannot legally trade, sell or give away that digital copy like you can physical games.

[@Halfrican-Jones]

@@creatorsfreedom6734 No, just the fact that GOG offers games DRM free (can play the game without the launcher and can download the offline-install files so that you can install/uninstall the games whenever you want, GOG are on a mission for their customers to be able to preserve single player games from old to new)

[@duseifert]

​@@creatorsfreedom6734 I think GOG offers a download copy of the game, not like steam or epic g, you download the game on their website and it's in your pc, that's it But I don't know how this works with online games

[@buckrodgers1162]

And people wonder why the phrase "The rich get richer, the poor get poorer" exists. I wonder why. I have argued for years that 'Economic S1av3ry' exists, and no one wanted to listen to me. Well, I wonder if anyone believes me now?

[@gamingtechandbeyond]

Long live piracy. If I cannot buy it and legally own it, then downloading a copy is not illegal either since I don't own that pirated copy either 😂

[@nerysandoval9808]

Downloading something you already paid a license more then once seems like doesn’t fall in piracy either

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@nerysandoval9808 It shouldn't, but the degree to which the courts recognize that is kind of iffy.

[@Whalewraith]

There are deeper issues. You really don't own anything. Spend a million pounds buying a house outright and it can still be taken off house if you don't pay your council tax

[@gamingtechandbeyond]

@Whalewraith those are 2 different subjects. Videogames and houses. But since you want to talk about homes, it all depends on where you own the home. For example, I own my main property here in a state, which I do have to pay property taxes every year (as we all do). But I also own a home in Puerto Rico, which is a commonwealth territory of the US, and that home has been paid off for 20 years now, and you do not pay property taxes ever as long as you don't rent that property or make money off of it. So we own the property in Puerto Rico and we don't pay any taxes for the past 20 years and the mortgage is paid off as well... So yeah, it all depends.

[@RM-zb6wd]

I think a new golden age of piracy is upon us. In the end, we win.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I doubt it. I think what's going to happen is that most of the streaming services will shut down and the various TV, movie and music will be consolidated with a smaller number of streaming services and the access will be good enough that normies will just accept that as a bill to pay the way they did cable. When my parents got cable in the mid-80s, it was roughly $5 a month for 30 or so channels and even as the cost has crept up over the years, there's still a relatively similar number of channels worth watching.

[@glink9641]

To simplify the video, when you "purchase" you're actually renting for that time, it's available until it gets pulled from the digital store front. So let's change the wording from "BUY" to RENT.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

That's why I only buy physical media that I can backup or digital downloads that are either DRM free or having DRM that I can strip so that I can make my own backups. I generally prefer to rip all my optical media to disc and then convert it into a form that's more readily streamed across the network to my TV. It's like streaming services, but it's completely stocked with stuff I actually like and without the incentive to keep me trapped looking for stuff to find. Jellyfin even has a randomized order available so that if I'm feeling really overwhelmed by choice, I can just watch one of the first items in the list and it tells me when I'm going to be finished watching.

[@IkkiTousenFan28]

In the state of California, there is a new law that I believe will take effect sometime in the future, that companies cannot say that you are "buying" any digital media, if you are actually renting it license. Any music, movies, games, etc. they have to label these correctly in the digital shop or they get fined,

[@glink9641]

@IkkiTousenFan28 Okey great, i have the perfect term for it... LEASING

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@IkkiTousenFan28 If the courts functioned properly, that wouldn't be necessary. Any time these companies tried to use fine print to convert it into a lease after getting the money by "selling" it to a customer, they'd get laughed out of court.

[@IkkiTousenFan28]

@SmallSpoonBrigade Here in California, Steam Store now has a box text about owning a license on the game page. I think it is slowly being advertised of what you are buying even though Steam isn't making it obvious, and it takes a second to notice text. But at least there is something letting you know what you are getting.

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

Another recent KZbin video with this same reasoning influenced me to start collecting used DVDs for the first time, at 25 years old, and it is the BEST! One of the best parts is all the *_bonus features_* that I totally forgot I was missing out on! So not only am I ultimately saving money by buying the DVD of any movies I'll want to see more than once in my life... I'm _also_ getting *_more content_* that is never on streaming platforms! Win win!

[@ryuno2097]

Funny how Steam says if the Steam platform goes down they'll switch on a button letting you download the games you bought from their store. But you mentioned in the video, even Valve says you just get the license to use the games.

[@Frostycrypton]

Yeah that’s a big concern for me too - especially when someone inevitably has to succeed Gabe and/or if Valve goes public. Gonna be a blood bath if things go downhill for Valve.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

The bigger issue is that they probably couldn't do that for anything they don't own. So, that could happen with their first party titles, in practice, even that would be dodgy as there's usually lenders involved in those bankruptcies that would be allowed to block it. Even a company just having physical possession of your property doesn't guarantee that you'll get it back. I remember being screwed out of some money that I had paid taxes on when a company went under. It was my money, I had paid taxes on it, but it would have involved having to hire an attorney to draft a letter to the bankruptcy court in order to get the funds possibly released and since I hadn't actually done any work to get the money in the first place, I just ignored it. It was some royalties that I earned from buying some preorder items and I'd already gotten enough money back to completely cover that.

[@Thesakuraharona]

Was going to say. They outright said recently you do not own the games. Period. So them talking about you being able to download your owned games and retain them is worthless.

[@shaggysweetness]

6:01 In the US, you're covered under the First Sale Doctrine for physical purchases. You cannot copy and resell, but you can resell the original product or do whatever you see fit for profit. Not the case with digital. There are currently no protection under US law for digital products of any kind. The companies can pretty much do whatever they want with your purchases at any time and leave you with no legal recourse. However, some online storefronts like Amazon are working with publishers to skirt this protection and do not allow you to list games on their storefront without registering as a "distributor". I'm surprised no one else has talked more about this issue lately.

[@Zacsyd]

I'm very happy that i noticed the problem right from the start with digital media. Right from the beginning i have seen digital media as renting instead of buying. I don't mind spending more on physical media. I only buy digital media for like $5 max...because i know that i will lose it later on.

[@flamestoyershadowkill]

or pirate

[@flyinglobster9552]

And what is wrong with renting for 20+ yrs😂

[@Chaoitcme]

This is by design. Studios want people to be forced to watch content on their streaming services so are cutting down on physical releases. Now we have generations of people growing up with completely digital content. Over the coming decades physical media will be a niche market that will be produced in smaller numbers.

[@spacegamedevsoftware]

And this is why piracy is seeming more and more appealing every day. Being able to own your media, while having the convenience that comes digital files, and not buying into the garbage terms of online purchases.. *For legal reasons, I do not endorse nor participate in piracy.

[@dhenderson1810]

Why not pirate in the first place then and never buy media to begin with? Why would you ever pay for something you can get for free?

[@mymaskofshame]

I collect physical media, I'm upset when you can get the first few seasons in physical format but then it changes company and the later seasons become digital subscription only.

[@weldonyoung1013]

Fortunately that's usually not an extreme problem as series taken over to be producted elsewhere likely means the downfall of the quality of production. Just consider it the end of the series.

[@BernicePanders]

In the years 2001-2010, I developed my own collection of 'backup' DVDs that I made, at least as quickly as I was able to get new DVDs thru the Blockbuster & Netflix mail subs! I got it up to 1200+ movies & 300+ TV series, all in paper sleeves, that I passed on to a family member once I got into collecting my backups on portable HDDs. It's up to 6TB of movies now... The joys of being too poor to afford a nice collection. But I for dang sure got me a set of the ULTIMATE LORD OF THE RINGS EXTENDED EDITION DVDS, because it's the idol of DVD collectors! 👌😎

[@MillywiggZ]

The opposite is true also. You can be terrorised by things you don’t own and didn't pay for through digital download. Anyone else remember a U2 album suddenly appearing on their iTunes library *completely downloaded* ? I sure as hell do. I was on my regular commute and the automatic playlist I had set up to put the most recently purchased songs jumpscare'd me with U2. Thankfully it was free, the correct price for that slop. But I still intend to sue Apple for damages to my ears. Hahaa!

[@Thesakuraharona]

Steam seems to do this with free demos too. I have on multiple occasions found temporary free games or demos added to my library without my knowledge. It is weird.

[@Unelith]

"But I still intend to sue Apple for damages to my ears" It's a bizarre coincidence, but that reminds me of a person that actually wanted to do that exact thing for real - a sudden, unprompted, extreme volume spike in a set of Apple earbuds caused permanent damage to her hearing. It's been a few years and she still hasn't found a lawyer willing to even *try* and sue Apple on any grounds

[@Frazman72]

Clous Shwaub(former head of the WEF).... 'You will own nothing and be happy '!!! Buy as much physical media as you can. Cd, dvd, blurays, vinyl, cassettes, 4k, video games. There's plenty of great charity shops, second hand stores and of course eBay. Happy shopping folks.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

An intelligent, very insighful video and much appreciated. Well done - a great analysis. People are sheep.

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away. Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.

[@jw_gojifan19]

I refuse to buy digital media because you never know when it will be taken down. Physical media all the way!

[@Mr_Santo5]

One thing you won't find on streaming are the deleted and behind the scenes extras, commentary, and director interviews. Hard copies offer more than just the movie.

[@theshadowman1398]

It’s been a long while since the last time I bought a videogame for a modern system. Because of all this online crap I am fully returning to consoles that work offline without screaming at me that they want to connect.

[@MisfortunateJustice]

Word. This is why I didn't start going full digital until I got a ps5. Digital is a means of control. Not convenience. Also: really dig the MIB reference and appropriate scene. 😎

[@TheKingerd]

Good way to put it. And Hahaha thank you. I was hoping some chads out there would get it

[@FIDreams]

My biggest beef is a Full Regular Retail PRICE for something that's only available to download. I'm looking at you Baldurs Gate 3. Why am I paying $70 for a digital copy that doesn't cost them ANYTHING to send it to me digitally?

[@squarepickle]

Cell phones, digital downloads, streaming, and Uber services are convenient, but it has created a VERY dystopian society.. I will be honest, sometimes I'm in a gas station or grocery near where I grew up and I will remember picking up a big Sega game box to rent on a Friday night in 1995.. and it will legitimately bring a tear to my eye. We have lost so much culture to this robotic alien culture of narcissism. It brings real tears to my eyes sometimes knowing my kids will never experience the things that made my childhood great as they no longer exist.

[@Dexter01992]

The problem is, they are slowly, but relentlessly increasing subscription prices. Eventually you can bet they will attempt to remove "digital perpetual purchase" as a whole like professional softwares did few years ago so that we won't have any alternatives other than... "Arrr." Laws should change to call these online "purchases" as "rental". As it is, by fact, not a purchase. Also, if even half your prediction becomes true (so far my prediction of ragingly greedy gaming companies is becoming real), I think I'll drop gaming as a whole. I already dropped AAA, blacklisted most of such publishers and with last 6 months, got burnt from Early access games that get abandoned/closed by their own publishers soon after buying. I'm just playing older games. If they take those away, I'll just move to a completely different hobby as a whole.

[@fench1234567]

Some people will just not drink the koolaid. They will go for what they want, how they want it, regardless of anything in their way.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

On the really nice plus side, most digital music storefronts sell DRM free MP3s. That means you don't need to keep them in their digital lockers. You can download them and play them in non-proprietary players. This doesn't mean streaming services like Spotify, Amazon music unlimited, and/or Apple Music.

[@j.w.5510]

3:56 Yup, 1 major reason I turned full 🏴‍☠ last year, now only games that get bought are multiplayer games I rigorously research before making up my mind or buying an offline account for a Denuvo game for like 2 USD.

[@sgtBilko75]

I’m an Elvis fan and over the years all of his albums have been rereleased over and over. Sometimes newly remastered, sometimes even newly mixed. When I put on a cd, I know what version I’m listening to. Not on Spotify though. Recently Sony released the Elvis Memphis boxset with all his Memphis recordings undubbed. Spotify doesn’t even title them as such. So people can listen to In The Ghetto, not knowing they’re listening to a weird version. Same goes for less famous artists and bands from the past: they often have re-recorded their hits. Spotify doesn’t show that in the titles. So not owning physical media and just rely on digital streaming/loaning/rentals….. the problems are beyond just games and videos. Biggest problem: the majority of the people don’t realize, understand or bother

[@outtheredude]

Tried digital media streaming services. It was like playing a cumulatively more and more expensive game of Whack-a-Mole with content popping up and down between providers. Keeping my physical media collection.

[@Thesakuraharona]

My only real concern now is licenses tied to physical games now. If that occurs, then technically they could lock you out of physical gaming too.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

4:32 - This actually got disputed and taken to the high court in Australia in 2017(?), as the ACCC were claiming that the PS Store were "selling" digital goods but using TOS to bypass ownership/consumer protection laws (in Oz, TOS cannot be used to bypass consumer rights). Since then, digital goods sold in Australia (even if the seller is a foreign entity) are protected by the same consumer protection laws as physical goods. 5:47 - 'Distribute for non-commercial purposes' means you're not going to rip and sell copies of it or sell tickets to watch it like a cinema. Selling off games/movies you bought is well within your legal rights, as one of the rights of ownership is the right to forfeit said ownership for any reason, including for monetary compensation. This was supported in the US with Nintendo vs Blockbuster when it was ruled that, since Blockbuster had legally purchased their games, it was within their ownership rights to lend their copies out for money. Also, you own that DVD, just not the IP on it, so no, Universal does not have the theoretical right to come in and take your copy of Jurassic Park. 14:47 - 'I could tell you to avoid digital media like the plague'.... Too late, I've been doing that since digital distribution was popularised with the PS3 era, as even then it was obvious how toxic digital distribution was.

[@Mighty-VizioN]

The best thing about Netflix back in the day is the fact that I owned a DVD burner 😂😂😂. DVD collection completed 😁

[@crazy-acid-trip9765]

Amen brother , keep up the great videos 🎉

[@JayTemple]

This is why I have a DVD burner. (Obviously, that doesn't help with games, but I'm not a gamer.)

[@IN-tm8mw]

I realized long ago that there were too many "walls" in place keeping me from gaming like i did in the 90s. I gotta pay for The Device, the game, electricity to power the device, Internet ISP, X-Box Live or whatever, THEN DLC and Microtransactions.

[@SpectreXS]

Gaming is in a crisis. My money isn't going to any of these companies. Used physical games and piracy are the way. We're all gonna make it.

[@TheKingerd]

Isn’t it interesting how when Xbox One tried to restrict re-use of physical games, everyone lost their minds, but now the same thing is happening everywhere with digital media and people don’t seem to mind

[@alessandrobaggi6129]

Tried? It's years since they succeded... No console nowadays is TRULY retro-compatibile... I lent my xb360 "vanilla" DS2 disc to a friend who's still playing on the xb1... the console didn't even recognized the disc; he was forced to buy the SOTFS edition... 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@strangescottvoiceacting5351]

Digital media is wanting to watch Hellboy 1&2, but they're on different streaming platforms. Physical media is owning both movies in your house and they're not going anywhere. Which would you prefer?

[@Unelith]

🏴‍☠

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

Thanks! for the information that most should know , but seem to ignore

[@TheKingerd]

Hey thank you! It’s tough, because I know how convenient and affordable digital media can be, but I think there’s only one place this road eventually goes, and it’s more restrictions at a higher price. Thank you for the super, glad you liked the content 🤝🎉

[@Oni1975]

Thanks for the video on this topic. I've also seen this trend emerging over the years, and I'm disappointed that our government has been negligent on addressing this new space of consumer protections. In fairness, keeping hardware (and the people who support it) online for older games can be an unnecessary expense. The idea of temporary availability can work IF the consumer is made aware of it at the time of purchase. For example, clearly stating the minimum supported service end date. That way, players can make a judgment call on whether they want to spend their money on a game. Additionally, there could be business models that revolve around support for older games that the original publisher no longer supports. The player still wouldn't own anything, but they wouldn't lose access to it. What's needed most right now, though, is proper legislation that protects the consumers from devious and dishonest business practices that essentially rob consumers of their purchases. Edit: we really need to be thinking about digitally downloaded and online games as services, rather than products. The nature of many games these days really does fit a service model more than a product one.

[@arokh72]

Good timing of this video, ironically in my recommended list. I'm going back to physical media for media I want to actually keep. Sadly I can't do anything about PC or PS5 games, with PS5 physical games still needing a download, but for movies and books I am. The price of the convenience of digital is just too high, IMO. At least if say the power and/or internet goes out, I can read a physical book, or watch a Blu-ray of a movie (if power remains on), and it'll always be there waiting for me.

[@sgtBilko75]

Another thing: all digital media (movies, games, music, software) that you’ve purchased throughout your life, won’t be part of your heritage. But all physical cds and games ARE part of what your kids and loved ones inherit

[@masonteague4039]

I have 313 DVD's

[@LordDementus1987]

Disney is trying to push up prices too. The new 4K of Ahsoka is $75 on Amazon. Walmart is a bit more reasonable at $50. But still... For one season of a show that wasn't even that highly reviewed. I see they are also charging $40 for the 4K of Alien: Romulus.

[@KonkeyDong968]

OG Wolfenstein 3d was one ofbmy 1st digital PS3 purchases. When Bethesda bought id Software rights, it was delisted in PS store and was put back up and I couldn't redownload it, only option was to purchase. Same with MW Remaster digital edition. D/L'ed it, upgraded from PS4 to PS5 and can't redownload it. Marked in store as purchase. I have the game in my trophy list so I did own it.

[@mrwhite2039]

Stop buying digital people! Goodness can people sacrifice anything now a days?

[@awesomeseth01]

Life is already a sacrifice these days we only live for a short amount time besides nothing truly lasts forever anyways so enjoy it while u have is what I say

[@frankallen3634]

I never touch digital anything because I don't care about wasting my data cap. If it's all digital, then I stop playing games. My life doesn't revolve around a hobby. Just like I only buy the bluray for a movie I am interested in. I stopped going to the movies since the early 90's. So I get a couple discs a year

[@CaptinNabil7]

This video essay, and especially the ending half, asking "what happens now," is exactly mirroring the scenario that is played in They Live by John Carpenter. Where because of how we rely on digital media, we're pretty much letting the aliens, that we only see with sunglasses, control and own our entertainment, as a whole.

[@TheKingerd]

That’s a good parallel you made. I however, am all out of bubblegum

[@ErmIDK19]

The only pro consoles have over PC,s now is the couch friendly gaming . Which obviously can be done with PC but with a little bit of set up . As the plug and play days are long gone now so it's getting harder and harder to justify buying a console

[@Lucky_9705]

Physical DVDs, Blu Ray, or piracy is the way to go

[@Loxen86]

Convenience vs right to own

[@ironman2326]

I still buy my favorite movies and tv series. I don't trust streaming services to keep them on their platform forever. I also don't use streaming services.

[@hawaiifiles]

I don't do games, nor do I buy digital videos. I just use old school DVDs, CDs (for music), vinyl records and cassette tapes. Pay to Play Digital media sucks for all the reasons you brought up.

[@LordDementus1987]

I don't mind buying digital music because I can go on a site like Qobuz and buy the album, at CD-quality (lossless FLAC 16/44.1). But I often like earlier versions of CDs that weren't mastered as loud and so in those cases I turn to the library and make a copy or I will go download it on Soulseek (like the old MFSL gold CDs).

[@lamparo7028]

Looks like my catalogue is gonna have to do for the rest of my life

[@CodySider]

Feel like retro is gonna be absolutely massive in the future.. 360’s and PS3’s are gonna be a commodity

[@SnuggleBear1970]

🎉😊 Thank you for using Jarod's image and likeness in your video 📹. I miss my friend, Tetsugyu, so much 😊

[@peloncitosbikes431]

I'm glad I still kept all of my hard copies of everything instead of useless digital

[@lpg12338]

Good video, thanks for sharing, subscribed! 👍

[@sindred]

Way before Sony did that, Microsoft removed my purchase of the TMNT arcade from my Xbox. As well as Tron. I got Tron back but never TMNT.

[@marcelfive1]

In the Uk they have a shop called CEX, you can buy used movies on disk very cheap. I have doubled my collection of disks and updated a lot from DVD to BR in the process.

[@Bart0815-k8r]

Thats a great thing. I was born and raised in the Uk. Now in Germany sadly there is no second hand shops or shops selling used DVD and BR. The annoying thing is that Netflix and amazon and co strips out the English audio and forces dubbed German audio it sounds awful. They even remove the english subtitles due to rights holders. When we buy a PC we have to pay 10 euro to GIMA , they control all media rights and copywrite in Germany its a huge scam.

[@Kansas_Gamer1998]

This is why I support GOG. They are the only example of an all digital future I would be ok with. Until then I'll never stop buying physical media.

[@timpize8733]

Don't forget Itch io, which is even better imo. GOG decides what gets on their store, while Itch allows pretty much everything as far as I know.

[@twofifty7704]

I miss game game disc cases they always have exciting art and others deceiving.

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

That made absolutely no sense

[@michaelvento4743]

Being the son of an man who loved massive speakers I so relate to Star Wars and Jurassic park being some of my favorite movie trilogies of all time. Absolutely amazing sound design and just great movies in general. Couple questions for you though, what Robin Hood men in tights? Also have you seen Mad God cause it’s made by the same person who did all the special effects for the og trilogy of Star Wars and Jurassic park. It also took him thirty years to make and if you watch it you’ll understand why

[@TheKingerd]

Men in tights slaps. Have not seen mad god, heresy I know, but I’ve only heard good things and I’ve avoided clips of it as much as possible because I’ve been meaning to watch it in full

[@TheLonelySoulja]

Target caught me off guard last month when I went there to check what new movie they had and all the shelves turned into book shelves with two end caps have the yellow guy movies & some other random children films.

[@armedhyde1448]

I believe it's important to distinguish between two types of digital media: traditional digital media streamed over the internet, and in-house digital media. While I enjoy owning physical copies, I dislike the clutter they create. Instead, I prefer to rip or torrent movies and TV series, adding them to my media server, which streams content to various devices throughout my home. I find this approach far more convenient than dealing with physical discs, which not only take up space but can also deteriorate over time. Rather than eliminating physical media altogether, perhaps the solution is to evolve it into a more convenient and durable format.

[@tubernery]

My home shelves still proudly display favorite movie dvd's, books, comic books. Love to relax on the couch and look at the collection, along with a few surviving Bowen Gecco Blitzway PCS statues like museum Thor, DareDevil, Wolverine, Bruce Lee RotD, Guts, and SF2 Guile. Also have the old Xbox 360 and ps2 and ps3 systems in safe storage, with all the EGM mag's 90-rated classics. When my son comes of age and if he be worthy, I'll pass these gems to him.

[@williamdurdle3690]

Over 2000 movies Almost 5000 cds. Soon i will open my own rental store.

[@diontamoore9106]

I’m glad you said this because I was thinking it for awhile now since finding out that PlayStation became a subscription. I was fixing to cancel all my subscriptions and I’m still probably going to because everything is a subscription now it’s crazy and the greed is getting ridiculous today but it’s even sadder that they’re slowing down on physical media. Man I know my grandparents have seen a lot of change in there time and they’d always talk about it but for some reason I never thought I’d see these kind of changes in society. 😮

[@FPdesignfab]

Yup, and the reason I stopped buying and playing video games. Good job corporations.

[@Monk-cl8gl]

Well perhaps when the petabyte disc comes out the movies studios will bring out there old movies again to force everyone to buy a new player and all new movies discs once more

[@Scammersaidwhat]

My digital movies have migrated at least twice already. Ultraviolet, vudu, moviesanywhere… some day it’ll just go out of business and my library will be magically gone. *Shrug* They were all freebies. I only buy physical media when I have the choice. If physical goes away, my willingness to spend on media will essentially disappear.

[@jiefuti]

Well written and informative! Good stuff

[@JesterKingZant]

Reading paper books feels so much nicer than reading electronic screens

[@SumDumGy]

Make mine physical or nothing. I won’t touch anything else.

[@XDFRailRoadCooler]

I understand it all on what the licence means. It's about copyright. It means that it's not transferable to someone else!

[@michaeldavis2039]

I always buy physical CDs and DVDs....especially when seeing my favorite Jazz artist live and I can buy a physical CD that they autograph. The fact that vinyl records have currently made a comeback..especially during the Holidays tells me that physical media is not dying out just yet.

[@hercufles]

I have noticed that some games that are dilisted is still in my libary but you cant buy them anymore

[@glennabate1708]

We should have never gave up on physical media now corperations own are collections and can delete them whenever they want and you will eventually lose your collection and would still have it if you had a physical copy

[@Frostycrypton]

I don’t think subscription models will work in the long-term. Most of these large companies are more concerned about constant growth than maintaining a steady stream of content/services in line with a set number of subscribers; companies setting unrealistic growth expectations leads to Amazon Prime getting ads or Disney+’s price getting ridiculously jacked up. Plus there’s soon gonna be too many subscription services for people to keep up with/care about, just like with “live-service” games. These subscription services will probably continue to grow for a while and then hard crash after that before we return to the way things were with some proper ownership. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go continue reading Dune before Frank Herbert rolls out of his grave to pry the book away from me.

[@dhenderson1810]

The steaming service model is unsustainable. You only charge $15 a month for a service. Even if every person in the planet paid that for a subscription service, it won't cover the running costs of the streamer (getting distribution rights, paying to create original content etc). TV survived because it had companies pay it through advertising. Companies have deep pockets and a sustainable budget, so can afford to spend millions a year on advertising. Regular Joe doesn't have deep enough pockets to keep paying for streaming services if they keep raising the price.

[@Dr.White_PHD]

You are spot on. Only problem is that this new generation of kids are already jumping on the digital ship without asking any questions. We older guys are the last hope

[@dhenderson1810]

Digital media is being phased out anyway.

[@ericpowell4350]

Aside from games that require servers, you need to buy and set up a NAS, then rip/download away movies, tv shows, etc. In ten years or so, everything will be behind a paywall.

[@barontaylor7139]

I have never been able to find Ernest Goes to School anywhere by itself on DVD

[@StarPlatinumV]

PHYSICAL ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!

[@godless1014]

Imagine if we bought groceries like this. Or cars. Or clothes. Or literally anything else.

[@UncleSev]

That is precisely what the World Trade Organization wants for the future.

[@buckrodgers1162]

Cars sadly, are starting to take the same path. With every car made after 2024 being required to have a 'kill switch', and an internet connection.

[@FTChomp9980]

That would be Dystopian and would hate it.

[@WeatherMan2005]

Terrible if that was real. Buying new cars isnt worth it anyway

[@lhart99]

I wanna say that a good old-fashioned video game crash or streaming crash needs to happen to set things right, but I don't even know if that'll work. 😞

[@whatwhat9519]

0:04 like how Fry's was just seeing what was their quickest selling products are

[@StonerJames]

But what if you for example download your Switch games on to SD cards. Then Nintendo can't ever say that you can't play them because you have it downloaded. If I'm wrong then please let me know then how if they can.