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Comment by eduction

5 hours ago

>Why do people buy movies digitally anyway? I can understand digital movies (they are convenient)

You answered your own question very efficiently.

Right, but I was referring to the concept of watching a movie digitally in general, whether that be streaming, renting, buying, torrenting, ripping, whatever. My question is why do people buy movies digitally as opposed to any of those other options

  • It's hard to find newer movies on laserdisc, vhs, or home film projection, so analog is out.

    I buy or rent media from online services occassionaly. Much content I would like to watch isn't on subscription platforms, or is sometimes on streaming platforms I don't want to use. Some content isn't available to rent, and some content I feel like I'm likely to watch more than once. I prefer to buy discs, but some discs are difficult to obtain and sometimes I don't want to wait. When the buy price isn't much more than the rent price, I consider it. Or if I have amazon credits to use.