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The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Storage is so cheap these days, and especially shows are unreliable on where or even if they stay streaming.

And if you wait till they're off streaming to archive, it's hard to find good copies.

It's just a prudent choice to get your own copy just in case. Even a short term lose of internet.