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Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs. (mainichi.jp)
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[+] -75 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

I guess hard drives and SSDs don't count as physical somehow?

Even on a streaming service, the files are stored physically somewhere.

All media is still, technically, physical media.

Even when you stream it locally and don't have access to the file itself, it physically lives in your RAM for the duration of the stream.

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  • [–] 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    hard drives and SSDs don't count as physical

    When was the last time you walked into any store and bought a feature length film or tv show on hard drive or SSD?

    Even on a streaming service, the files are stored physically somewhere.

    What is your plan when the licence agreement for your favorite series expires on your chosen streaming service and no other streaming service picks up the show?

    All media is still, technically, physical media

    No one is arguing this. You're making the strawman arguement. The not-so-subtle undertone of the article is clear.

    Quoting the article:

    The planned job cuts come amid a decline in demand for traditional storage formats such as Blu-ray discs, with streaming services now the norm.

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    The electronics and entertainment conglomerate will also gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs, according to the sources.

    You will not be allowed to legally own tv shows or films and you should learn to like it. As I can tell from many of the other comments here, not many of us are fans of that idea.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 years ago

    This isn't a hill I care enough to die on.

    I've never bought a series in any format. It's always been piracy and for at least the last 5 years catch and release.

    What I mean is, I don't want to keep series in any case.

    That said, now I think about it, if I didn't pirate everything then keeping copies of what I'd paid for world feel important

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    it physically lives in your RAM for the duration of the stream.

    It physically lives encrypted in your RAM and only temporarily. Remember TPM exists.

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  • [+] -31 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Still there for the duration. Being encrypted just makes it akin to being inside a locked box. Being in RAM is like it being transferred in an escrow service.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I guess. Technically. I don't usually count encrypted without the ability to decrypt as useful, but, I'll give you the up arrow because technically correct is the best kind of correct.

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  • [+] -31 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Thanks, my point is simply just that data is still physical, no matter what.

    A document locked inside a box that I personally don't have a key to doesn't make the document inside of it non-existent, just inaccessible to me, personally.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    No, the data is not physical, it is either magnetic or electric.

    Since most people still store their media on hard drives most media is purely magnetic.

    In a solid state drive storage chip the data is stored electronicly.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Thanks, my point is simply just that data is still physical, no matter what.

    Turn off the PC and see how well that no-matter-what applies...

    A document locked inside a box that I personally don’t have a key to doesn’t make the document inside of it non-existent, just inaccessible to me, personally.

    What's the point of having inaccessible data?

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