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Originally Posted by hertfordshire
I don't think anyone is. The judgement seems to be of those who don't wish to collect those things. We apparently don't have common sense.
All of human kind's culture - from the Bible to Bieber, digitized in the 'cloud'. Then something happens to the cloud, and large portions of our most significant written, sung, and acted out works, are lost forever.
Or are they still available, on DVDs or boxes of books in the K-Man's basement?
All of human kind's culture - from the Bible to Bieber, digitized in the 'cloud'. Then something happens to the cloud, and large portions of our most significant written, sung, and acted out works, are lost forever.
Or are they still available, on DVDs or boxes of books in the K-Man's basement?
There's your effin' common sense!
I don't think you understand the cloud. But thanks for the giggle.
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I don't think you understand the cloud. But thanks for the giggle.
I understand what's REAL - like this big vinyl disc, or that smaller shiny one, or that cardboard thing over there with hundreds of sheets of paper stitched inside it that you have to turn the pages and read to consume it.
All of human kind's culture - from the Bible to Bieber, digitized in the 'cloud'. Then something happens to the cloud, and large portions of our most significant written, sung, and acted out works, are lost forever.
Or are they still available, on DVDs or boxes of books in the K-Man's basement?
There's your effin' common sense!
No, if the cloud vanished tomorrow, large portions of 'our culture' would not disappear. Why? For the glaringly obvious reason that anyone with so much as an actual ounce of common sense realizes - the cloud is no monopoly on information storage.
If you're so clueless that you think the cloud is going to completely supplant all hard copies, well, I can only pity. It's not. No one - no one - either thinks it will or advocates as much.
If the cloud were to disappear tomorrow (as another poster stated, you obviously haven't the foggiest idea what constitutes the cloud) it would no more impact the contents of 'our culture' than if your house burned down and all the hard media in it were destroyed.
Personally, I have a lot of hard media. But that doesn't mean I'm a fan of inane arguments (whether genuine, or just made for the apparent amusement of being inane).
....and with crappy sound. At least not full LPCM quality.
I get what you mean but YouTube was just an example. There’s Apple Music and Spotify premium with good quality. Especially with upgraded audio equipment. That said I like music but I’m not an audiophile. For an audiophile that will easily detect the difference in quality between a FLAC and high quality AAC or M4A then sure, have the boxes of CDs and records.
I like books too, especially as they are sooo cheap but very few I’d keep permanently. Also what was the gamechanger in ebooks IMO was saving highlights—even from library books. I highlight and take lots of notes when I read, even from fiction 🙂.
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I get what you mean but YouTube was just an example. There’s Apple Music and Spotify premium with good quality. Especially with upgraded audio equipment. That said I like music but I’m not an audiophile. For an audiophile that will easily detect the difference in quality between a FLAC and high quality AAC or M4A then sure, have the boxes of CDs and records.
I'm not an audiophile either. I don't need to spend tens of thousands of dollars per component or on speakers, or hundreds per foot of interconnect or wire.
A great performance, and recording of it, will sound great even on 'modest' gear.
I just prefer having physical copies of it in hand, vs everything accessible only on line. I control the edition that I own, and thus which mastering, etc. Remasters have a limited welcome in my collection, about 1 per 100 of my CDs, etc.
I don't think anyone is. The judgement seems to be of those who don't wish to collect those things. We apparently don't have common sense.
It's a judgment when you say that you dont think "anyone" is buying physical media-- when clearly, people have posted that they are.
I answered the OP long ago, but even the OP's question supposedly not meant as a criticism, certainly sounded like one, with the self-congratulatory pats on the back for not needing to "own" stuff (accessing it is acceptable).
Newsflash: Everyone doesn't have stacks and piles of DVDs strewn about. All of ours are in one 15" × 15" case. If a mess is the only option (or WAS, when physical media was more common), that's their problem.
Memo to OP: Next time, if what you're really after is simply an answer, post a poll. And skip the lofty comments.
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