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Let’s talk about media collections: How do you keep your library of your favorite movies and TV shows? (beehaw.org)
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I recently started buying movies on Vudu. I was struggling for a long time with whether or not I wanted to collect media on physical disks or digitally.

Right now that’s what I’m doing but there’s always the looming fear of anything I buy being taken away if the service gets shut down.

I’m curious how others keep their media collections. Are you a Blu-ray or 4k UHD collector? Do you use a digital service like Vudu or something similar?

Tell me your thoughts!

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[–] Nadya@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Accidentally posted too soon - wanted to touch on this bit.

Right now that’s what I’m doing but there’s always the looming fear of anything I buy being taken away if the service gets shut down.

Never trust a company to remain solvent. Always own your data and always own any media you care to own. They can revoke your right to view the media at any time - or they may lose rights to broadcast media. Very few companies last 20-30+ years, especially internet companies and when they inevitably shutdown you'll lose access to all of your data/media. Always keep local copies unless you don't care if you lose it or not.