Just pirate stuff and donate money to artists you believe deserve the money. That way the artists get more, you pay less, plus you get to distribute it in a way you think is fair rather than as capitalism demands.

Factors I care about w/shows and films:

✅ no tracking
✅ no ads
✅ cheap
❌ ownership

If I only need to see a video once, why do I care about owning it? Exceptionally, I need my own copy of:

• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Pulp Fiction
• π
• Reservoir dogs
• Jackie Brown
• La Grande Vadrouille ← good for learning French.. must be seen over and over
• La Folie des Grandeurs ← also for learning French

But those are rare exceptions. I don’t want most films taking up space in my house or on my hard drive. Streaming is obviously a fail, so for most films the best answer is to borrow the DVD from the public library.

I am assuming the public library is less likely to abuse your viewing data than your ISP (in the case of torrenting).

Perhaps the best case: I recently pulled ~50 or so DVDs from a dumpster. I watched them once. Now they are just taking space. I will dump them on someone, or see if the library wants them.