Stop Renting Your Media. Start Owning It.
Most people don't realize how much automatic monthly payments cost over time. Enter your amount of money spent on digital subscriptions (music, movies, games) per month below.
In 1 Year: $0
In 5 Years: $0
In 10 Years: $0
Instead of losing your media when licensing agreements change, here is the plan for building a permanent digital library:
DRM is the system which can take control of your media. To truly own your content, you must buy files without DRM.
Building a library takes storage. Save space without losing quality significantly by encoding your media using modern codecs like x265 or AV1.
Experiment with it and you'll get great quality which takes tiny storage.
You don't need Kinopoisk if you have your own. By setting up software like Jellyfin or Plex on your own computer or remote server, you can stream your own files to any device anywhere.
Use local programs to organize your files. You can automate the tagging, renaming, and organization of large media libraries.
Having unlimited access to a huge amount of streaming services changes how we treat media. We begin to treat games, movies, and music as disposable. We consume it and immediately forget after. When you buy a piece of content permanently, you invest in it. You value it more, you come back to it and you build a stronger connection to the media you really like.
Do this quiz and see how digital renting affects your media habits.
1. Do you often skip albums or movies because there is "too much of it"?
Yes No2. Have you ever wanted to watch a favorite movie or play a game, but it was removed from the platform?
Yes No3. Do you know how much you spend on all your digital subscriptions in total every year?
Yes (I know it) No (I let it auto-pay)