It's talk like a pirate day! Here I go:

"I just want to access the media I already own in a portable format that I can watch or listen to in high quality on all my devices without DRM or adverts."

Did I do it right?

Well, that was unexpectedly popular. If you've followed me based on the content of that message, then I regret to inform you most of my other messages are about chickens, mugs, or metal signs.
@LewisWorkshop also cake! I’m sure there was cake?
@PhilGrimley I have been known to bake upon occasion, yes.
@LewisWorkshop oh, matey would have helped but it's pretty good :P
@LewisWorkshop oh arghhhh and shiver my timbers, now what's the question?
@LewisWorkshop Spot on. Also:
”Arrrrrr, where’s the fucking non-HI version of this SRT???!!”
@LewisWorkshop Good way to talk like a pirate this way ;-)

@LewisWorkshop

I like to call it 'edge caching'

@LewisWorkshop "I owned that game on a console but one day we had a break in at home and both console and games were stolen, and i just want to play it again because i had good times"

how's this

@LewisWorkshop "I just want what internet companies call a license to provide actual ownership and full utility of the things and software that I paid for."

@LewisWorkshop Perfect!
How about this one:

"all governments should run free and open source software to guaranty transparency, accountability and sovereignty"

@ppdelft @LewisWorkshop Save that kinda talk for "talk like a revolutionary" day... Uuuhmm...
matey ?
@zarniwoep @LewisWorkshop Ain't every other day talk like a revolutionary day?

@LewisWorkshop

As someone currently working on getting a media library setup with legal copies of stuff not on stream services I use (or at all).. trying to get legit 20 year-old out of print DVDs that work is a total disaster.

And of course that doesn’t cover the things that were never even released and are just gone.

@LewisWorkshop

that's D-ARRR-M

otherwise perfect

@LewisWorkshop “I want to be in control of my hearing aid hardware”

I think I got it

@LewisWorkshop

"Avast ye swabs! I just want to access the media I already own in a portable format that I can watch or listen to in high quality on all my devices without DRM or adverts me hearties!"

@LewisWorkshop i signed off from a team meeting yesterday with "shiver me timbers! i thought this meeting would have to have been done in pirate speke!". some figured it out immediately. one guy actually had a toy parrot next to him, which went on his shoulder!

@LewisWorkshop The caveat is that you don't own it :(

Technically, you're (maybe) renting a right to (maybe) (sometimes) watch it (or its low quality derivative) on some (certified) device (unless this right is revoked for absolutely any reason) (and there might be some additional clauses attached, see "Disney restaurant death").

@LewisWorkshop
Sounds like piracy to me. The music industry is s nest of vipers so these days I mostly listen/watch YT videos via Freetube (no ads) or use a YT downloader to grab tracks to play where I want. I'm conscious that this does nothing for the artists though so if it's a band I really like I'll order a proper DRM-free CD. This one for example https://deamatrona.co.uk/
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