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i will own physical copies of music, movies, art etc. that already exist in this world! i will save them from the landfills and show them love on their journey of existence! i will not allow companies to have control over what media i can/should engage with! my attention and love will not be their currency! i will not allow them to profit off of the creativity, dedication and love of artist that they do not care about!

@emme2blue

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buying dvds, blurays, cds, vinyl, whatever

I love physical media and having tangible objects containing the art I love. I will never let any billionaire take these things from me

@jimi

Apr 22, 2025

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Actually Owning your music

I’m not super anti-streaming but I do think everyone should actually own (psychically or digitally) their music library again, instead of basically just renting it all. To think that any streaming platform is capable of removing any album or song you like at any moment’s notice is super annoying. I do see a world where both can co-exist where you use streaming to discover new music and use other means like bandcamp, cds, records, downloads, etc to support and consume a musician’s work.

@pintura

Jan 31, 2024

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not everything is digitized

I have a pretty decent vinyl / VHS / cassette collection and I think actually owning media is going to be really important in the coming years. I have lots of thoughts on this. 1) I think it's a misconception that everything is digitized. There are certain albums and movies (especially movies) that are nearly impossible to find on the internet. There are lots of shows and movies that have been "remastered" or now being "upscaled" with AI that are completely changing the look and feel of the original work. (ex. Star Wars) 2) Having a physical relationship with your media changes the way you interact with it. Physically moving your body and going over to the shelf and having a finite number of tapes/records to look through is a completely different experience than the decision paralysis one can get from having unlimited choices. You also will have to dive into full albums instead of taking the weekly playlist. 3) You don’t need the internet to access it. You buy it once and if you take care of it - you own it forever. I don’t want to assume that the internet / streaming services as we know it them will be around forever and I don’t like the idea of a paying for a perpetual service that I will never stop paying for. Not to mention that all of these services serve as massive corporate data collection agencies that are constantly spying on you and selling your information! It’s fun to collect things and see that old technology still has utility and save it from the landfill. It can be a lot of work (moving is a nightmare), and take up a lot of space, and it might be completely impractical but I don’t think we are supposed to experience everything in life through a 2 dimensional screen for the sake of convenience.