Where do you think the people who pay the creators get the money to pay them?

ads, mostly.

From sales from the results of the last creators who worked for them.

so? they already got paid. i feel no remorse for pirating from a global megacorp.

And neither should you

edit: and - once again - if i couldn't pirate it, i wasn't going to buy it anyway. You can't even argue lost sales (which the creators never see).

That all sounds like it’s still terrible idea to use optical media for backups

The creators get paid when they do the work, not from sales.

Also, a much more important note: if I couldn’t pirate it, I wasn’t going to pay for it anyway.

And why on earth would I pay for media when I can get it for free?

My Plex server is packed with downloads and rips.

I also don’t care to look

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I quit optical media around 03. Haven’t even owned anything with an optical drive for nearly a decade.

I don’t want physical media because it’s a liability. It can get lost or destroyed very very easily, especially optical media.

Digital copies are portable, I can data hoard them, and, worst case, I can just re-download it.

RIP funny man. you'll always be Col. Mustard to me 💔

i guess, but they're not great for backup. Eps. R/RW optical media doesn't last that long (5-10 years) and is easily damaged. You'd be better off with tape for long-term storage. or an M-Disk or some similar magnetic backup solution.

yeah, you can get them at costume shops.

or online, obvs

the term "physical media" typically refers to portable physical media, such as floppy disks, optical media, and other solutions such as tape.

This term was in wide use before portable hard drives became a thing.

i can't even remember the last time i saw an optical disc. it must be several years.

In her dispatch on the event, Jane notes that Trump didn't even bother to show up and instead spoke to attendees via telephone about his planned tax cuts for businesses.

Lmao, asshole literally phoned it in