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iceyesttoday at 5:01 PM1 replyview on HN

I keep seeing people whinge about disks, but I dont see the benefit. Most people dont even have the hardware to read a disk...

How is this any different from downloading a file off the internet? Maybe its fun to juggle a bunch of disks?

Right I should also add I'm mostly talking about PC here.


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steveBK123today at 5:41 PM

Rights management in a physical media world = I have the media in my hand (caveats for some DRM systems)

Rights management for digital media = companies remotely deleting paid content from my account & keeping my money / songs disappearing out of my streaming playlist / etc