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		autoexec 15 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros That's absolutely not the case. Demand for physical media not only continues to exist but it's growing as streaming services prove undependable at keeping shows available, and are willing to censor/edit shows at a whim.

andsoitis 12 hours ago [–]

For most things in the world there’s some demand, but that doesn’t mean it is a big business.

I buy vinyl but mostly listen to music on Tidal. People buy cassettes and CDs, but that’s, for all intents and purposes, a dead business.

The physical medium is not the content.

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