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EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 months agoI’d imagine that’s the case for a lot of people actually. People don’t just pirate to get things for free. Lots of people buy easily pirateable games on GOG because it doesn’t have DRM. Lots of people buy and rip Blu-rays instead of torrenting movies.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yup, I buy and rip Blu-rays, but I’ll probably buy and torrent them instead at some point because ripping them is a pain.
If there’s a reasonable legal avenue to get something in a format I can use, I’ll do that. If not, I’ll either pirate or go without.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You can use programs like Ripper or Automated Ripping Machine to watch for inserted disks and rip them automatically. You can even add remixing or transcoding into the workflow so that all you do is insert the disk into the drive and after some time out pops the file in the exact format and size you want, even directly into your media library if you want.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I got all my media ripped, so I’m good for now, and incremental updates are pretty easy.
But I can forsee a time when my bluray drive dies or something and torrenting is easier.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 months ago
If I were buying a disk just to rip, I would rather buy a digital copy just to correspond to the downloaded file. I do that with Steam games. I would throw the disk out immediately after anyway.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
A physical copy means:
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Instead of reripping, I can just recopy from a backup drive, which is easier. And I can loan it to people too if I load it onto a USB drive or, y’know, just send the file online.