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What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Physical media generally has less aggressive DRM. Buy a DVD and the movies your's for life, you can even rip it and put it on a media server to make your own little streaming site.

"Buy" a movie/audiobook on Amazon and it's yours as long as the company wants you to keep it.

As always, there is an relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/488/