I don't think most people have a device that can play disks anymore it's kind of crazy to think about but I haven't owned something with a disk drive in several years apart from a old cd player I found in the ewaste I keep at work because I don't want to throw it away

If you look at the sale numbers, the overwhelming majority of people aren’t buying disks for movies and games, and when people buy consoles with optional drives, they usually end up buying the cheaper digital only version.

It’s a bummer, but the sales are what they are.

I have an external ssd with all my movie, show, and book backups.

This is my biggest gripe. I have all of Mr. Show on DVD because it cant be taken away from me. Netflix deleted an episode of w/ Bob and David, so to watch the whole thing you have to pirate it. And the rub is they deleted it because David does blackface in one of the sketches where he's trying to provoke cops at a traffic stop.

Scenes of him in the now deleted episode are in the final one because its a documentary of sorts, but that one is still up. So you see them talking about sketches that you have no reference for because Netflix deleted them.

They didn't clarify in the article, but I assume they mean they will still sell 4K UHD discs. Those often include a Blu-ray copy as well.

Physical media is still the best quality for those of us that care. I rip it to watch digitally, but I like having the physical backup and option to watch with minimal compression.

Blu Ray is still the best quality you can get. Streaming services will compress the shit out of everything (even when they pretend you give you "4k") and pirate rips are all over the place. Buying a Blu Ray (and ripping out yourself if you do please) is a great investment because you own it, the quality is great, the discs have been designed to last 100 years or more, and they have capacity that will be able to deal with 8k and probably what comes after that too.

I've gone back to Blu-Ray for some things because I no longer trust streaming sites to keep them available.

I'm old and am tech savvy. Give me a disc over streaming any day.

I am young, tech-savvy and I started to use discs recently because I finally have money to buy movies and not pirate. Honestly I don't want to pirate movies I really like, but if they don't want to give options, then...

Buying series on a disc is crazy expensive. You're better off subscribing to a streaming service and cancel when you're done watching, even with the price increases.

Your library may also provide them, if that’s what you’re thinking about.

Also, I want to own the proper high quality version of my movies. There's such a noticeable difference between 4K streaming quality and 4K disc quality... if they stop making discs, there isn't any website where movies are sold at that uncompressed quality level digitally.

If you're willing to pirate, Stremio + Torrentio can do exactly this. Stream and download anything you want. Keep it forever. Works on smart TVs. This is the way.

and now that word is so overused it has lost its meaning.

Because that actually sells.