Odd choice just pirate and teach others how to aswell. Hurts in this case Netflix way more
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
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luridness@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Pirating can be legally cut off. DVDs can’t
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They’ve been trying for how long now? The pirates always win in the end.
Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
With streaming companies owning the content, buying DVDs is just another way of financially supporting the same companies for worse quality.
Even when one platform is taken down, there are new ones launched in their place. Nothing guarantees that DVDs will continue to be produced in perpetuity, just as digital copies of video games are progressively becoming less and less prevalent.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
let them keep trying, then
Auli@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I’d say it is the opposite. DVDs can stop being made.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Theres a way to combine the best of both of them :)
Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yes but after a while you may start to yearn for some rarer things as well. There’s still lots of pre-lost media out there on rotting dvds waiting for custodianship that I haven’t been able to find online. There’s also some newer HD rereleases having single channel and lower quality or something, so finding the original dvds is better sometimes.
MangoCats@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
Around here the used DVD market (thrift stores, used book stores) has been collapsing - prices down below $1 per disc, and everybody trying to get rid of their old stock. Selections are getting thin.
pemptago@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
How does one keep their system secure with all that torrenting? A large mkv of a new movie seems like an effective container to deliver a payload.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Carefully.
Seriously, I don’t know if any/many issues caused by downloading and playing a legitimate video file (MP4/MKV/AVI).
I feel like, if there are, those are being saved for a nation state level attack and not Fred downloading Shrek 2 questionably.
demonsword@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This would only work if the supposed payload targeted a vulnerability in a media player. I might be wrong but I’ve never heard of one such vulnerability. And since there are so many different media players out there, such attack would not compromise as many people that other more efficient attack vectors could
Attacker94@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So long as you are careful about file formats you shouldn’t have any issues, but there are a decent amount of measures you can take.
- Do all your downloads inside a VM that is sandboxed away from your main system, and then monitor the system processes when you run the file. 1.1 if you really want to isolate it watch things on that VM, but that’s a bit of a pain
- Have your download system on a vlan that isolates it from the rest of your network.
- Only download from well trusted communities and make sure to verify checksums.
- With a little bit of time to kill you can learn how to run a sandboxed video player on Linux or could go the extra mile and run a system like nixos which is isolated by design
It doesn’t have to do with device security, but you should only do downloads over a VPN with a kill switch enabled to stop your ISP from sending you a cease and desist letter. Keep in mind that you are just trading your ISP for your VPN server when you do that though, so you may want to pick one that has been proven to not record logs, I use PIA for that reason, but I have also heard that mullvad also got subpoenad and demonstrated that they didn’t hold logs.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
In theory, sure. In practice, we don’t see much of that.
Don’t run the video player with administration credentials, and keep the video player up to date and it’s likely to be fine.
Auli@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What is the mkv going to do? It is not a executable format.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Participating in a boycott this month? You should be doing all that stuff period.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Nah shop Amazon when it costs them money. As in, you know you are buying at or below cost.
I just bought a few things from Amazon, cheaper than any competition to begin with, but also used the last of my Amazon rewards balance.
Then put everything on a 0% interest offer and religiously pay the minimum until the last bill, and pay it all off then. Just don’t forget.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s too much work. I just don’t buy from Amazon.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I was kinda pissed when I bought a reasonably priced commodity on eBay and it was delivered in Amazon packaging by an Amazon truck, though.
I’ve noticed this too, if the same thing’s slightly more on eBay it’s probably someone ordering it for you on Amazon and pocketing the difference
MangoCats@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
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Aneb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Theres like 80% of the population that still actively shop at Target and Amazon Prime. People buy from Whole Foods instead of the small “mom and pop” European market on the corner.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I have not been to Target or shopped at Amazon since end of 2024. It was surprising that those 2 habits were the two easiest to correct. If people only knew how easy it is… Deleting Facebook was easy too.
DeGoogling is very hard. I’m still working on it but the progress has made a huge dent in the amount of new personal info available for them to sell, or so I hope. It’s useful to start a list of accounts with emails you need to change and just block YouTube from phone.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It’s marketing, my friend.
Just inconvenience yourself for this month for the greater good.
Ohh month’s already up… he that wasn’t that bad was it, maybe keep going?
thejml@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Dang it, I’m already boycotting them because i want to actually own my media and support local businesses and a bunch of other reasons, how am I supposed to boycott them harder to include capitulation to Trump?!
udon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Help your friends
Liuone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What happened to good old pirating? We used to show them middle finger for wanting single payment from us, and now we do subscriptions for stuff we barely even use?
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Pirates have historically been some of the biggest DVD collectors.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
I have like 5 CD books filled with burnt DVDs of pirated shit. 😃
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They changed tactics.
Pirating is work. You need a little technical expertise for debrid, or to set up a media server, or even to keep a bunch of USB storage organized. And while it’s not that hard, when they couple taking care of all that for you AND running your likes through an algo and introducing you to new content regularly, your average person sees enough benefit, if the price is right.
So they introduce a service, get the price down to 10-15 a month. Get you in, get your preferences, sell them to the highest bidder and slowly crank back content to make more profit.
For the music it’s worse, they’re fucking over the artists AND selling your data.
When the cost in price or morality gets too high, they’ll all pirate.
Some never stopped.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The last two years I started going to garage sales for DVDs/Blu Rays.
It’s been great. You can get like 5-10 movies for the price of a month of Netflix. Then you can sell them next spring for $5-10 and buy $5-10 worth from someone else of stuff you haven’t seen.
borisentiu@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Discs from libraries!
homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
although I doubt this will get much of any mainstream coverage, as someone who has been setting up/administering a number of plex servers for the last ~20 years, I have noticed a rather remarkable uptick in not only setting up new servers, but a flood of interest in membership for the handful that I administer.
This has had the interesting side-effect of renewing interest in the fact that you can borrow DVDs/BRDs for free from your local library for the purposes of ripping them. Believe me– you may think that, in 2026, everything is available for download very easily…. _no, it isn’t_ Yes, much more is widely available at (generally) much higher quality than it used to be, but it all relies on how popular a show/film/album is (and continues to be). If you’re looking to dl something new/current, you’ll very likely have a 2 week - 3 month window it will very reliably be available to download. after that, whether it’s available (and for how long) depends entirely on how popular it remains.
Example: The “New Trek” that most old-school Trekkies hate is less-available than, say, a mega download of all 7 seasons of DS9. DS9 is probably available (as a single download and as single seasons/episodes) much more easily than any episode of STD. Or, even, the JJ Abrahms films. Shit, even the Rifftrax commentary version of ST II has more seeders on more torrent sites than any of the 3 JJ Treks. And, to put a pin in this… Star Trek Lower Decks is even more available now than it was when it was airing.
The cool flip-side of this: I never got to see the iconic Fritz Lang film _M_ in the pre-torrent era because I could never find a Blockbuster’s that carried it in stock. But, as soon as that barrier to see it was removed (availability), I got to see the prototypical murder mystery thriller film which, still today, holds up as pretty awesome.
zerosouls@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Dusted off the mp3s too. Long live VLC
ch00f@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just missed Bandcamp Friday.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
With how much storage costs these days? I’ll stick with MP3.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
If you have Plex, Plexamp does a great job of streaming music outside the home and having a host of other features (playing similar songs / keeping the playing going / music by mood / etc).
4grams@awful.systems 2 weeks ago
I’m know kids these days who are preferring a dumb phone, now physical media is making a comeback.
Has our surveillance economy finally backfired enough that people are starting to reclaim ownership? God I hope so.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
We’re the closest we’ve been since the cloud started, but sadly, people are still addicted to the almighty algorithm.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Absolutely, and it’s about time.
absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
targeting tech companies who, they believe, are not doing enough to stand up against President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown
Oh ffs, they’re not doing enoigh because they’ve submitted to him! They literally went to his inauguration to kiss the ring!
But better late then never I suppose
pemptago@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
And before that, where did people think money-grubbing, morally-bankrupt billionaires vacuuming up all their data was going to lead? This was all but inevitable, especially when, without outrage-based engagement algorithms there is no President Trump. These scumbags prop each other up. Don’t give them a dime or let them profit off your attention.
termaxima@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
No, we don’t “Believe they are not doing enough to oppose”, you slimy bastards ; we “KNOW that they are ACTIVELY HELPING”
bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
The website would be better if there was also links or resources to alternate.
But also that’s hard depending on where you are.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
lol. I was boycotting more than I thought. Seriously though its practically a fight to do things without a cell phone now.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
My rapidly diminishing purchasing power due to high inflation, tariffs, higher interest rates, higher taxes, higher junk fees, and stagnant wages is forcing me to boycott as much as I can, whether I like it or not.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I feel that.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
And specifically an Android or IOS phone, and bit by bit, a sanctioned, non-rooted OS.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I mean without one entirely. Like a non app option. I mean even if its a super libre free as in freedom hardware and software with stallmans personal seal of approval I still don’t want to be forced to use only that one option. I should be able to use a web portal or mail a check or come in person.
E_coli42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TIL I am unintentionally boycotting
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Blurays are better quality than streaming.
4K Bluray is the highest quality you’ll ever get in your home by like, a lot.
Streaming is a regression.
Humanius@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Streaming is progress in terms of convenience, but the trade-off is a lower image quality and forgoing ownership of the media you buy/consume.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Now it’s expensive to even build ones of those servers. I just play my discs and rip them to a hdd collection. I just do it the ghetto way by having a usb hub hooked up to an nvidia shield with some hdds.
MangoCats@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
Do you ever use any of the Bluray “connected” features where your disc wants internet access to fulfill the function? I must say, that’s a major turnoff for me.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I stream movies using Alldebrid via Kodi or Stremio. This way I have the convenience of streaming and the quality of BluRays. I buy the BluRay if I like the movie and the disc is on sale
Auli@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Me to but I skip the purchasing BluRay and ripping it part.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
your also foregoing the special commentary and otber BTS content.
IratePirate@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
What’s the state of BluRay ripping these days? I know it used to be tough, but then again, DVDs are also “encrypted” and that’s nothing to worry about any more.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not any of James Cameron’s “remasters” released in the last couple years.
dovahking@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Doesn’t blue ray suck at archiving because their data is more prone to corruption? The only advantage they have is larger storage space.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
They, like DVDs, have a lifespan of ~20 years but can last a lot longer if kept in a cool and dry spot.
But also you can rip the discs and store them digitally on hard drives or whatever :)