return2ozma@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoTIL Netflix ad tier blocks some shows and movies unless you upgrade your planwww.whats-on-netflix.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down15
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkTIL Netflix ad tier blocks some shows and movies unless you upgrade your planwww.whats-on-netflix.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-square1985MustangCobralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoThat’s true. I just wish there was a way to buy the movies digitally.
minus-squareILikeBoobieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-23 hours agoThere are Steam, Google, Amazon, and Sony all sell movies digitally (I don’t know if Amazon still does since they switched to streaming) But go into it knowing there’s DRM to prevent back ups and they can remove the content from your library at any time
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 hour agoYou’re not buying the movie. You’re buying a license to watch it on that platform.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·53 minutes agoMost of the stuff you see while scrolling through Amazon’s streaming service is actually just stuff you can buy but not stream. If it’s not one of their own big exclusives, the service is almost unusable
That’s true. I just wish there was a way to buy the movies digitally.
There are
Steam, Google, Amazon, and Sony all sell movies digitally (I don’t know if Amazon still does since they switched to streaming)
But go into it knowing there’s DRM to prevent back ups and they can remove the content from your library at any time
You’re not buying the movie. You’re buying a license to watch it on that platform.
Most of the stuff you see while scrolling through Amazon’s streaming service is actually just stuff you can buy but not stream. If it’s not one of their own big exclusives, the service is almost unusable