Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.

https://lemmy.world/post/2401968

Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia. - Lemmy.world

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On one hand, I’m glad that less plastic is going to end up in landfill.

On the other, you’ll own nothing and be happy.

As a counterargument to your landfill comment, if a movie is played like 5 times off of the same blu ray disc or streamed 5 times from the Disney+ servers which is more environmentally harmful?

It doesn’t take much energy to press a disc and once the disc is pressed, it could theoretically be viewed for at least several decades to hundred of years if stored correctly.

The threshold for one blu ray disc to be more environmentally friendly than a streaming movie is 4 views. Source: Ars Technica

Discs vs. data: Are we helping the environment by streaming?

The number of caveats has only grown since the last few studies were done.

Ars Technica