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https://always-on.com.au/disney-is-apparently-ceasing-all-physical-media-in-australia/
Whoa if true.
Subscriptions are out of control these days. You can even get subscription running shoes lol
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I'd actually consider that. It'd depend on the shoes and the price. At present, I'm running about 1,500km a year. My shoes are $260 (unless I can find them on sale) and I get around 1,000km out of each pair. That works out at around $10-15 per week on shoes.
I doubt whoever is renting shoes out is charging that much for the service.
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That's probably too much. Even though it's roughly what I'm paying now. While the subscription commitment would encourage me to make sure I was running to get value for it, the risk of not owning my shoes and the service being timely with replacements wouldn't offset the stability I have now of just owning my shoes.
In short, I can't see who this would be better for.
They have a sustainability angle, which I guess is what would drive most to subscribe. The company would probably argue they need a subscription model to ensure people return the shoes regularly so they can recycle them, but it would be good if they could find a way to do this without removing the consumer's right to ownership.
Well you can (and I do) buy digital versions. So no sub required. Or just shop at Amazon.com.
Funnily enough I have a region A player. From when Blu rays were quite new. I believe the newer ones are region free these days.
I remember I couldn't lend my disks to my friends as their players were region locked B. Region A had the thinner cases too which I liked.
The problem with those is the DRM so you can't use it if Amazon go down (or lose their licence to it) which is where DVDs and Blu-rays shine
They still had an anchor in my local mall only up until the beginning of this year.
Well noted film/physical media blogger confirmed the whole thing.
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/072523-1400
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What about the power cost of all the internet infrastructure and servers needed to deliver the content vs a bit of polycarbonate and aluminum that you can play whenever you want using a player and TV?
The 'bit' of polycarbonate derived from oil and aluminium mined from earths resources?