Re: game consoles
By: Accession to Nightfox on Tue Dec 16 2025 07:26 pm
>> I still buy physical media.. I've never bought anything on a streaming
>> service, as I don't trust them. They remove content fairly frequently, and
>> I've even heard of cases where someone purchased a movie on a streaming
>> service and the movie was removed later.
Ac> Most of the time when you "purchase" a movie from a streaming service,
Ac> you're not actually purchasing the movie forever, you're renting it (just
Ac> like you would from Blockbuster, back in the day). That's why it's usually
Ac> only around $5 or so, and you're told before you make said purchase that
Ac> you are able to "access" or "view" the movie for a certain timeframe..
Ac> 24-48 hours, maybe.
I've seen streaming services allow you to rent a movie for about that price and
give you a time frame to watch it.. But in my experience, when I've seen stream
ing services allow customers to purchase movies, the price is more than that (of
ten close to a physical media disc), and supposedly the movie should be availabl
e to the customer to stream any time. I've also seen a lot of movies on physica
l media come with a code to redeem a digital version on a streaming platform, wh
ich allows them to stream the movie any time.
Ac> The fact that said movie may have been removed at a later time, had
Ac> absolutely nothing to do with someone's movie rental.
I was thinking of purchases, not rentals.
Nightfox
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