Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: New job worries
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Wed Sep 02, 2026 20:32

  Re: Re: New job worries
  By: Adept to Nightfox on Wed Sep 02 2026 05:16 pm

 Ni>> realized they also basically had DRM and you couldn't just play them
 Ni>> freely, and I figured I'd just stick with buying them on blu-ray or
 Ni>> something, since physical copies are still available.

 Ad> I think this sort of thing is at least _part_ of why CD sales went up last
 Ad> year.

Perhaps.  I think in general, people have been getting frustrated about streaming services removing content.

 Ad> That said, I wouldn't be surprised if DVDs and Blu-Rays will go away, at
 Ad> some point.

 Ad> Which makes me sad, but I've never particularly cared about the format;
 Ad> just the ability to control what I'm getting.

I basically feel the same way.  As long as I own my copy and can control it, I'm happy.  DVDs and blu-rays are still the main media for that.

For music, I've bought one or two albums that were downloadable FLAC files (rather than a CD), but I was fine with that because those were DRM-free and can be played freely and I can do what I want with those (including make MP3 versions & such).

Years ago, I thought the next format for movies after optical discs might be USB flash drives and/or SD cards.  I wouldn't have been surprised to start seeing movies sold that way, but that never happened.

I think SD cards would have been a convenient format after streaming; you could plug an SD card into a home media player for your TV, or plug the SD card into a laptop or handheld device when you're traveling if you want to watch that movie. That would also work in places where you don't have an internet connection, such as an airplane.

Nightfox
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