NoLifeDGenerate said:Twinkling82 said:It is not the same as having a disc at your shelf. Period. The file is something you have access to from a server standing somewhere in the world. Not saying MS is going to be dicks and close it down or remove some content, all I am saying it would be easy for them to do so.
This is like what MS wanted to ram down everyone's throats with their original polices. Discs essentially being the same as a digital copy. Single use code, locked to your tag, and the disc becomes worthless. I can still buy an NES and play those games. Would we have been able to say the same about XB1 in 20 years? They shutdown XBL on the original Xbox. It all goes eventually. Look at all the random shit getting delisted. Nobody can get that anymore. If it's not in your download history or on your HDD, it's gone for good. If it were on disc, you could find it on ebay. This is why I say fuck digital. Why are you expecting the worst possible outcome? If MS decided to close down X1 support in 20 years ultimately killing even SP play (if they did implement what they wanted at the reveal), who's to say they would not give us a console update that update to kill off the DRM system and make all discs, without the code or contact to Live, playable in SP. I would assume they would to avoid a huge backlash.
Exalted Entity said: like always, the argument would come that, "some of us can't afford that, as it takes away from our monthly rent" and I was trying to be mindful of everyone's feelings. And this is what I get. I get a VPN used as a counter to my statement.
That'll teach me.
But anyways, Microsoft Video falls under streaming rights, and for personal usage, it can be recorded at anytime for personal use, legally. There may also be a lot of stuff to watch. In addition to that, you can save it on your computer / hard drive as 1080p. Whereas I find Netflix does not even offer that for everything. Many of the things I like to watch are like 480 p or something like that. Also, I can watch these videos on my Windows Phone, whereas I can't do that on Netflix.You do not have to walk around eggshells. (I hate doing so) most people do not get annoyed by mentioning solutions, even solutions that aren't free, but more so of someone expects something expensive is within reach of every person on the earth. Besides a VPN is not that expensive. If you have access to internet at home, you can buy VPN service. 7 dollars for a month at 12 months service is not too expensive for anyone paying for a internet connection if they expect to use the VPN regularly.
Please don't burn me for saying this when I have been advocating the Kinect 2.0 extra cost being the same - it is too expensive if I am not gonna use it, just as the VPN would be too expensive if I am not gonna use it, hence why I've been talking against the forced Kinect 2.0.
Downloading the file seems like a good thing, also to ensure quality, but I don't need that. I watch Netflix mostly on my tablet anyways, where I absolutely don't need 1080p.
I see Netflix on the windows phone store, so you should be able to stream netflix on your phone.