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The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’ (www.theguardian.com)
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As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?

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[-] SteefLem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Fuck that. Im not bartering my movies for bread, ill eat grass while i watch groundhog day.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

To be fair, they were bartering food to lend their DVDs out. If late-stage capitalism has taught me anything, it's that it is better to rent than sell.

[-] Outsider9042@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is this some joke I’m too scurvy to get?

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Not that I am aware of but take a Vitamin C supplement and come back in a week to find out.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’

Average Criterion enthusiast.

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