[HN Gopher] LG discontinues the manufacture of Blu-ray players
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       LG discontinues the manufacture of Blu-ray players
        
       Author : heresie-dabord
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2024-12-11 20:49 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | IntelMiner wrote:
       | I've often wondered if the balkanization of streaming services
       | would lead to a resurgence of physical media ownership, along
       | with piracy of course
       | 
       | I had an argument some time ago with a friend who was a devout
       | "streaming enthusiast" for lack of a better term. Netflix had
       | _Back to the Future_ on and I watched it
       | 
       | Understandably I wanted to watch the second movie in the trilogy.
       | But...they didn't have it! Somehow they'd only acquired the
       | rights to Back to the Future 1 and 3. But not 2
       | 
       | His genuine response was "just rent it on Google Play then"
       | 
       | This absolute stretching out of content to ensure every single
       | penny on the table that could possibly be obtained is hoovered
       | out of wallets is absolutely pathetic. At least when Netflix was
       | a "dumping ground of old TV and movies" we could reliably go
       | watch "re-runs" of Seinfeld forever. But not so much anymore
        
         | acchow wrote:
         | Your local library might have it. San Francisco public library
         | has 11 copies of it, with 5 available right now.
         | 
         | https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3909179
        
         | creer wrote:
         | The "extras" also speak in favor of the physical media. The
         | streamers apparently still haven't figured out what to do with
         | that.
        
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