This insanity never ends. The rational conclusion is: forget about movies and streaming and go to the library. They have things there called "books". And they don't charge for them.
This insanity never ends. The rational conclusion is: forget about movies and streaming and go to the library. They have things there called "books". And they don't charge for them.
There are some benefits to retro tech! IтАЩve discovered that the archaic тАЬwords on paper between two coversтАЭ content delivery system never suffers from buffering issues, it works without electricity, the content between the covers never changes unexpectedly (I have never opened a book and discovered a chapter missing because that chapter is now seen as тАЬbadтАЬ), I have never gone to my bookshelf to find a book unexpectedly missing, and when I am done with it, I can take it to a used bookstore and get some money for it or I can loan it to a friend.
The comparable but slightly techier content delivery system for movies and television is Blu-rays and DVDs. I hope people rediscover that physical media (or at least a Plex server) will never become completely obsolete. Unless you download a digital file to a storage device that is under your complete control, you DO NOT own it. It can be taken from you or modified without your consent at any time. And many libraries have very nice collections of DVDs and Blu-rays that you can check out, just like books.
Long live libraries, and long live physical media!
Edited to add: I forgot to mention what happens when libraries marry streaming and produce a child. Kanopy! It is a good free streaming alternative for anybody who has a library card, as most library seem to participate in.
This insanity never ends. The rational conclusion is: forget about movies and streaming and go to the library. They have things there called "books". And they don't charge for them.
There are some benefits to retro tech! IтАЩve discovered that the archaic тАЬwords on paper between two coversтАЭ content delivery system never suffers from buffering issues, it works without electricity, the content between the covers never changes unexpectedly (I have never opened a book and discovered a chapter missing because that chapter is now seen as тАЬbadтАЬ), I have never gone to my bookshelf to find a book unexpectedly missing, and when I am done with it, I can take it to a used bookstore and get some money for it or I can loan it to a friend.
The comparable but slightly techier content delivery system for movies and television is Blu-rays and DVDs. I hope people rediscover that physical media (or at least a Plex server) will never become completely obsolete. Unless you download a digital file to a storage device that is under your complete control, you DO NOT own it. It can be taken from you or modified without your consent at any time. And many libraries have very nice collections of DVDs and Blu-rays that you can check out, just like books.
Long live libraries, and long live physical media!
Edited to add: I forgot to mention what happens when libraries marry streaming and produce a child. Kanopy! It is a good free streaming alternative for anybody who has a library card, as most library seem to participate in.