Dang. I was a huge proponent with music streaming, and now TV shows/movies that buying media is actually the better choice over subscriptions long term for the cost. I realize not everyone feels that way. I have a small curated library of Blu-ray content that allows me to cancel streaming at any time without feeling a loss. It would be really unfortunate to be forced out of that.
The good news is we're probably only a few years away from the next major codecs being released, which for even more people will close a lot of the quality gap between streaming and disc-based media. Still - just like cable, the incentive is going to be to compress, compress, compress to save on costs.
people actually buy physical books still?
i feel like that's the biggest waste of space/resources. save a fkin tree
I've found I read less with Kindles, and that I'm more likely to read if it's a physical book. Arguably better to buy a physical book that's recyclable and can be passed down than some device that's going to be e-waste in West Africa in 3-5 years like my last two Kindles.
According to the U.N., about 50 million tons of electronic waste (or e-waste) are produced every year, the vast majority of which winds up strewn in landfills in the global South, where people sift through the electronic debris in search of valuable metals. Correspondent Seth Doane looks at the...
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