Same with #DVD. but #BluRay is even worse due to it's amped-up #DRM...

• Also why is there no off-the-shelf #BDXL player that can just play every #BD & #DVD regardless of region?
  • Cuz believe it or not, some folks may even own a Region 8 DVD or have moved continents.

You know how fucking hard and expensive it is to do the whole player importation thing???

• Noone should be forced to buy 3 blu-ray players just to be able to play discs they physically own!

The rampant #Enshittification is why people are Ripping #bluray discs with #MakeMKV, because all the #DRM and garbage is just getting in the way.

I've been seeing a lot of videos and blog posts about the resurgence of #piracy in response to #enshittification . A common note is that its a _service_ problem, not a _product_ problem which is correct.

A company that has known this from the get-go and has never #enshittified is #Beatport - they're like iTunes but specifically for #EDM (sorry #bonkwave #genrepolice) I bought my first #DRM -free #mp3 tracks from Beatport in 2004 and (with some exceptions) I can _still download them today_.

Greedy execs should choke on #DRM and the #Enshittification whilst being sued into insolvency by the #artists, #production crews and #consumers they fucked over!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvkWkNohcrc

Greedy execs should choke on #DRM and the #Enshittification whilst being sued into insolvency by the #artists, #production crews and #consumers they fucked over!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvkWkNohcrc

The big difference re: #music is that unlike #movies or a series, is that #licensing, even for #commercial use, is relatively straight-forward.

• Worst-case I send an eMail to #GEMA and request a quote, since they are the one-stop licensing option for music.
• That doesn't exist for #movies nor is there a #FRAND-style licening mandate that would provide #consumers with a fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory access to a licensed copy to keep for a one-time-purchase.
  • Instead the #Copyrightmafia wants to "have their cake and eat it too" by charging huge fees for #BlankMedia whilst criminalizing #Copying directly and indirectly [ #DRM vircumvention as #felony]!

Same with #DVD. but #BluRay is even worse due to it's amped-up #DRM...

• Also why is there no off-the-shelf #BDXL player that can just play every #BD & #DVD regardless of region?
  • Cuz believe it or not, some folks may even own a Region 8 DVD or have moved continents.

You know how fucking hard and expensive it is to do the whole player importation thing???

• Noone should be forced to buy 3 blu-ray players just to be able to play discs they physically own!

The rampant #Enshittification is why people are Ripping #bluray discs with #MakeMKV, because all the #DRM and garbage is just getting in the way.