[xienze]

> So, if you really want to own a movie or a song, buy a physical incarnation of it, or make a digital copy of it.

Highly recommended. I buy disc copies of all my movies and rip them directly to my NAS with no additional transcoding, then serve them up via Plex. All the advantages of digital distribution, none of the drawbacks (the biggest one being "oops, we don't have the rights to that movie anymore").

[lotsofpulp]

The time invested into learning how to setup a NAS, ripping discs, maintaining that infrastructure all seem like drawbacks.

[veridies]

Some of this stuff is pretty easy to do if you're willing to pay. MakeMKV is pretty cheap for just copying the disks, a a NAS can be bought off the shelf, and a cheap computer running Plex or Kodi can be bought off the shelf. The problem is really just that there's no good integrated solution.

[xienze]

Well like a lot of things the best option isn't always the cheapest and easiest. It's worth it depending on what you value.

[nradov]

Doing a lot of extra work just to gain access to entertainment content seems to be kind of missing the point of entertainment in the first place.

[mulmen]

I know how to do all of that but I still do not consider it worth my time. I would rather have the convenience of iTunes without the corporate overreach.

[thaumasiotes]

> I know how to do all of that but I still do not consider it worth my time.

OK...

> I would rather have the convenience of iTunes without the corporate overreach.

Do you know how to do that? Why would it matter if that's what you'd rather have? You don't have it now.