And customers. Almost everyone prefers to consume media in a simple way and that is streaming. Almost no one will go back to physical media. If streaming becomes absolutely unbearable, people would turn to digital downloads.
Comment on DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again
Arbiter@lemmy.world 2 months agoFor the businesses.
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 2 months ago
jqubed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, the costs to actually make and distribute a physical disc are relatively low on a unit basis, but the cost of distributing a digital copy online make physical media look astronomical.
Arbiter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Even outside of cost, the level of control they can exert is vastly higher than any physical media.
Being able to prevent someone from reselling the movie or game they bought is very appealing to rights holders.