I did a really quick search and a mechanical hard drive costs around 1$ for 50gb of storage while a blank Blu-ray was closer to 1$ for 25gb of storage. That would suggest a drive is more effective at storing data from a cost perspective, so there just needs to be a service that sells movies in a digital format.
“Best we can do is an overpackaged, encrypted, read-only microSD for $49.99. It requires a dedicated proprietary media player and if you’re lucky, it won’t fail in a year.”
I did a really quick search and a mechanical hard drive costs around 1$ for 50gb of storage while a blank Blu-ray was closer to 1$ for 25gb of storage. That would suggest a drive is more effective at storing data from a cost perspective, so there just needs to be a service that sells movies in a digital format.
“Sell” and “digital format” are not something that media companies like. More like long term rent on very specific locked down hardware and software.
“Best we can do is an overpackaged, encrypted, read-only microSD for $49.99. It requires a dedicated proprietary media player and if you’re lucky, it won’t fail in a year.”
“Why won’t anyone buy our movies :(”
The thing is they want people to stream media for the most part. Buying movies is the niche that needs filled for the sake of it.
What I want is a healthier media economy. Right now I don’t pirate anything and I would love to legally get content in a way that is sustainable.
However, at the rate we are going piracy is going to be the only way.
It’s what happened with music eventually, but so far I have not seen that with mainstream video releases, only some independent things