The Death of Physical Media 💀

🚀 In today's video, we're diving into the ongoing debate about the fate of physical media in our increasingly digital world.

What's your take on the future of media ownership? Join the conversation below, and don't forget to subscribe for more media related content. Thanks for watching!

✨ Some info about myself:

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:35 28 Days Later controversy
03:26 Movies that have died completely
04:04 We don't own anything
04:39 What's the difference between buying and renting?
06:00 What happens when a platform goes bankrupt?
06:36 Apple's iTunes movie ownership kerfuffle
07:34 Digital ownership is not real
08:59 What are A-listers saying about this issue?
10:15 The environmental impact of physical media
11:31 My proposed solution
13:31 Conclusion

[DestroyerOfWombs]

There is a saying that has become popular among the video game community ; If buying isn’t ownership, piracy isn’t stealing.

[shawn.the.alien]

If the streaming services went out of business tomorrow, I will still have my big collection of DVDs/Blu-ray, VHS, downloaded digital files I pirated, CDs, vinyl, cassettes, 8-tracks, reel to reel, and pirated music because it'll be a cold day in hell before I go to exclusively streaming music. Hell, my smartphone alone has like 2 straight days of music on the microSD card in it.

[frankcoutts]

Streaming services can still edit content when needed
When you have the disc/file/tape ... what is there can't be altered, unless you want to.

[mintman]

My collection would be relatively ok. I always buy physical when I can. Vinyl, CD, Blu ray, game discs. Digital media is an ethereal thing. Avatar is on Netflix for now. I’m actively watching my blu ray copy. The act of getting the disc out, putting in my ps4, swiping through the menu. Is Netflix convenient, yes, all the charm of menus and the concept of ownership is crucial to me. If Avatar goes somewhere else tomorrow I could care less.

[mge]

Physical media for the win. There's just something so nice about opening the case and browsing the sleeves.

[ArucardPL]

I think this idea of phyiscal media dying has been blown out of proportion. I still buy comics, books, blu-ray movies, board games etc. And I'm not talking about past releases, I mean the new stuff. There's tons of it being released each month, even week. Just look at what Arrow Video or Stern Pinball are doing or the amount of manga volumes being released every month. I don't know, am I living on a different planet from all those people spelling doom about physical media? If anything, there's so much of the stuff being released nowadays that it's impossible to keep up.

[jasonl]

I still buy my hardcopies, never stopped, and theyre always there uncensored with extras to watch whenever i choose.

If people were real fans of movies theyd own them.

I honestly have no understanding of the logic or intelligence of people who dont want to but a hard copy to own forever, but instead choose to continually pay a subscription fee to continually watch the same movie IF its still available to stream

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[toddgriffith]

Streaming services are *constantly* harvesting data about anyone's use of their platform, even to the point of how long you hovered over a particular icon, and every single action you take on the service and how long you did anything--even if you were idle. A massive, yet under-appreciated fact about physical media is that generally neither the current contracted streaming service nor the IP holder can track your viewership habits or increments with your media. You remain disconnected, consuming media on *your* terms with as much privacy as you can muster.

[aaronstark]

I’m incredibly concerned about film preservation. Not only because of all the things you talked about, but because most people don’t seem to care. We are in the minority. Most people seem to be utterly unconcerned with where this is all going.

[monaural.]

And the “industry” has the unmitigated gall to wonder why bootlegs, counterfeits, pirates and “unauthorized copying” exists. We’re getting what we want. Full stop. To hell with your “copyrights”. Hear me?

[shanghaichica]

28 days later still not available to stream in the UK. Glad I have the blu ray

[MacarenaRiveros-xt]

Streaming services have also killed the cinema, which hasn't recovered since Covid.

[davidlane]

It's interesting because The Witcher 3, owned by CD projekt red and distributed on their DRM free platform GoG, was actually pirated less than a cracked steam version of the same game. The thrill of breaking those barriers and distributing forbidden fruit was more appealing than just easily getting the GoG version.

My point is that anyone who wants to pirate will find a way to pirate. DRM free movie files sounds like the answer we all need and I've been screaming that for years

[Niei]

You know what's insane? If you want to download (not stream) lossless music, it's more expensive to buy the digital files (IF you can find them) than buying the physical CD and rip it to your computer.

[agris]

I love owning a physical or digital copy of films and music. I have a whole box (might not be that many though) of DVDs - and I can watch them whenever I want. I have also bought some songs from iTunes and put copies of them on all of my devices. Just owning the piece feels so much different, gives you some kind of sense of control. The big adavantage of digital media is that it doesn't take up physical space, that's kind of nice.

[kevinhaynes]

Yeah... "If buying isn't ownership, then piracy isn't stealing".

[wantsome-zssq]

I have an entire room in my house devoted to physical media. I have games movies and music. Went digital with my music in the early 2000's. Apple screwed me out of a bunch of music. I foresaw where media was heading so I started collecting physical. I could have filled my whole house with media but took the curated approach. Only stuff that interests me and I plan to use.

[davengg]

I like physical media because no internet no WiFi no password no sign in no login no email no download no account none of that stuff required. If something doesn’t feal authenticate have the power to say no and no one can take our choices away you choose

[hmzbqng]

Del Torro makes a great point. So many films thought "lost" have been re-discovered, digitized, cleaned-up and shown to new audiences thanks to someone finding a print in some random Venezuelan film fan's great-grandkid's attic

[shadz]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 600 SUBS?? Subbed!