Sony Group to cut 250 jobs from recordable media business' key hub - The Mainichi
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sony Group Corp. will cut around 250 jobs from its recordable media business' key manufacturing hub in northeastern Japan and offer e
  • ChillPill@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    5 months ago

    hard drives and SSDs don’t count as physical

    When was the last time you walked into any store and bought a feature length film or tv show on hard drive or SSD?

    Even on a streaming service, the files are stored physically somewhere.

    What is your plan when the licence agreement for your favorite series expires on your chosen streaming service and no other streaming service picks up the show?

    All media is still, technically, physical media

    No one is arguing this. You’re making the strawman arguement. The not-so-subtle undertone of the article is clear.

    Quoting the article:

    The planned job cuts come amid a decline in demand for traditional storage formats such as Blu-ray discs, with streaming services now the norm.

    …

    The electronics and entertainment conglomerate will also gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs, according to the sources.

    You will not be allowed to legally own tv shows or films and you should learn to like it. As I can tell from many of the other comments here, not many of us are fans of that idea.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      What is your plan when the licence agreement for your favorite series expires on your chosen streaming service and no other streaming service picks up the show?

      Watch the other millions of hours of media that’s been released in the last 100 years

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      5 months ago

      When was the last time you walked into any store and bought a feature length film or tv show on hard drive or SSD?

      Well not ANYMORE!!! Not since Best Buy stopped carrying physical media!!!

      /s

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      415·
      5 months ago

      This isn’t a hill I care enough to die on.

      I’ve never bought a series in any format. It’s always been piracy and for at least the last 5 years catch and release.

      What I mean is, I don’t want to keep series in any case.

      That said, now I think about it, if I didn’t pirate everything then keeping copies of what I’d paid for world feel important