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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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mdotmertens ◴[] No.46160452[source]
As someone who has recently begun exploring physical media, I find this quite disappointing. The volume on 4K Blu-Rays is often low, prices are high, and Netflix isn't doing much to support physical media.

When you're just unwinding in front of a 65-inch screen, you might not notice the quality loss from compression. However, if you're actively watching on a 110-inch projector with an excellent sound system, every little detail becomes clear.

And that doesn't even address the most frustrating part: owning less and less.

I mean, no one needs to become a physical distributor, but it's disheartening that we lack consumer-friendly ownership of entertainment media when it comes to movies. I would love to see something like Bandcamp, but specifically for studios to release their movies to.

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mrits ◴[] No.46160550[source]
I can hardly blame a company for not supporting a product almost nobody wants to go back to.
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mathgeek ◴[] No.46160943[source]
There are a whole bunch of choice quotes from 1984 that apply to this situation, but my favorite is still this one: “The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
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mrits ◴[] No.46163051{3}[source]
Nothing like a copyrighted text to use as the bible of freedom
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1. mathgeek ◴[] No.46165880{4}[source]
Not sure who you are talking about but I wouldn’t consider it anything beyond a work of fiction with some applicable quotes.