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[โ€“] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it better to buy a BD/DVD drive for desktop? This way you can rip movies/music and access them on any device.

I mean, I'd still have the physical collection then, which would just be sitting there picking up dust. Even with it ripped, I'd probably still want to use the disc sometimes. I also tend to displace things like CD drives if I don't use them for a while lol (I have a CD/DVD drive somewhere, but I have no idea where I put it), which makes the backup idea sort of problematic.