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Originally Posted by Harmon
What's wrong with that? At least we'll know what we're getting, and prices will come down. Just compare Netflix with used DVDs.
And of course, those who want to will be able to capture the stream.
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Yep. I don't have much issue with it personally. Full access to anything I want and no worries about storage space or losing every thing in a burglary etc.?
Well, only worry is selection, censorship etc. if some things are kept off the streaming services etc.
And it's a blow to to collectors who like having the physical item. I used to be that way, but I'm starting to feel it's a bit silly. I have around 350-dvds/blu rays, but I seldom watch any of them as I usually watch something for the first time from Netflix (disc rental or the streaming service). Have about the same number of CDs, but mostly listen to MP3s etc.
So while I like having the physical media, if I could pay a fee to stream any of them in some future where the internet is blazing fast (so quality doesn't suffer) and has a wide system of back ups so there's seldom an outage etc. I could see myself going for the convenience of not having to store physical copies of stuff I seldom use.
Stream capturing may occur, but if you have to pay for the stream, and always have access to it, it won't be a major issue. Not many are going to capture all they want then cancel their subscription to never sign up again. They'll want new content and have to keep the subscription--and not point in capturing it if you have full access to stream the content everywhere you can go and log into your account etc.
But for now it's a pipestream as we're decades away from having even today's broad band everywhere in the US, much less everywhere around the globe and at much faster speeds and much better reliabilities.