Warner Bros. misses the days when we bought DVDs and Blu-Rays, and says streaming is just not the same (www.thepopverse.com)

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

WB clearly cut corners and deserves critique, but it's important to know that no digital storage is eternal - it will all go bad at some point. The only practical solution atm is to routinely transfer the data to fresh storage.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

That's true, and you're completely right. It's also 100% an argument against DRM, but also: https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd

I mean, that's still pretty awful :D

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