MentalEdge

There's only one thing I want from gearbox anymore. For them to re-enable the online servers for Battleborn so I can finish the damn story mode for a game I bought.

ReBorn doesn't work on Linux yet, (or at least it crashes for me).

No. That goes on before the oven.

There's something like Plex, but for rich people and with DRM.

You buy some kind of stupid expensive home theater appliance that's basically just a NAS, and it downloads movie releases that the company licenses. I think it was a subscription service that includes basically all theatrical releases you might want to watch, even before blu-ray releases are out.

But you have to use their box, and it costs "fuck you" money.

So the general idea for high quality media that gets downloaded onto local hardware is out there, but not exactly peddled to middle class consumers or with open DRM.

Edit: Found it, it's called Kaleidoscape

I feel personally attacked!

Besides, I actually opt not to coat them in butter, which means they are very much not greasy.

Most recipes tell you to smear melted butter on them right out the oven, but you don't have to.

No. Where did you get that idea from? When did I say it was more better?

I said it could be convenient, in some cases the best option, and sometimes rarely the only option.

Find me an automated system that can find and download a copy of finnish TV series "Pakanamaan Kartta" that I have on my Jellyfin server, and we'll talk.

And?

Don't pretend like there are no parallels between trying to figure out a source for something that has long since stopped being seeded, and where to order a disk.

Or that putting in an online order is any more complex that making a request on ombi.

Or that there are no disks out there with content no one has ever ripped.

There's automation for doing it the legal way, too.

You can have a disk drive you just put a disk in and the media will automatically get imported all the way to whatever media server you prefer.

Combine that with disks being small enough to just show up through your mail-slot, and it can be pretty painless, as well.

That's all well and good, but physical media is selling less and less as the average person moves to streaming.

Sooner or later, there will be a tipping point where media industry execs just stop selling physical media altogether to deny pirates a source, as the profits no longer outweigh the "downsides".

Webripping is unlikely to stop for as long as streaming options exist, but then we'll be stuck with low quality bitrates as enshittification ensures every penny is pinched when it comes to bandwidth.

High quality drm-free file downloads, available online, officially, would be ideal.

Check out bandcamp. It's for music, but you can stream tracks to give them a listen, and then buying them nets you a straight up file download in an audio format of your choice.

A world where you can both support the creator online, and receive something you get to keep in return, is possible.

Bandcamp but for movies and TV would be amazing.

Fucking finally.

Was for me. I've had teachers assistants that were intelligent and pedagogically literate. Benefits of going to school in the nordics, I guess.

But my point stands. That makes those people unworthy of the effort. You might play to those things to get ahead, but it still doesn't mean it's good communication.

And good communication should be your default behaviour, otherwise you're part of the problem.