Own Nothing, Be Happy
It’s starting. The purge of physical media is ascending a few more steps. Recently Best Buy came out saying it will stop selling DVDs and Blu Rays in 2024 then there was a rumor that Walmart might stop selling physical video games in 2024 (apparently the rumor is Xbox games). That’s wild to me. Best Buy stopping movies is like “what is your store going to be filled with then?” People can only go and buy so many appliances and TVs. Kind of sounds like they and their store sizes will shrink significantly. Walmart not selling video games is very weird. Best Buy points to streaming as being the reason for the move. People aren’t interested in owning movies anymore. I imagine most people now only watch what’s out or newly released to streaming and then forget about it, move on to the next thing. I like rewatching stuff and sometimes something you want to watch isn’t available anywhere to stream. Sometimes you have to wait and kee...