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Spaghetti_Noodle1 t1_it1np11 wrote

I refuse to buy digital copies of movies from Amazon after hearing about people losing access to them, I still buy a Blu-ray copy whenever I want to keep a movie.

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ScaryProfessional711 OP t1_it1nr2p wrote

That's what I did. I don't buy any movies from Amazon anymore. Learned the hard way.

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Spaghetti_Noodle1 t1_it1nyzp wrote

It may be more expensive in the long run, but at least I own them. Plus I love having something in a physical media anyway, much more tactile than only having an icon on a screen.

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ScaryProfessional711 OP t1_it4kyq3 wrote

It's actually cheaper. I'm currently buying up copies of animated movies because I have newborn nieces and nephews that will start watching them in the next couple of years. I pick up the discs on ebay used for $2-$5 on average. I checked Amazon and the same movies on Amazon are $3.99 to rent and $15-$20 to purchase. Physical media is cheaper and then you can just make digital copies for the kids to watch and keep the discs in a binder as backups.

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meowskywalker t1_it1rzqm wrote

Call your local representative, tell them that should be illegal. Don’t just accept corporations stealing from you as “oops, shoulda known better, corporations ARE evil after all.”

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