Describing DVD/Blu Ray as 'obsolete'

i am a streamer all the way

For me, with a 4k TV and Ultra-Blu Ray player, I do prefer discs.

It's expensive to buy a disc but if it's a movie I want to watch over and over, it's worth it.

There's something cool about 'owning' a movie, that you don't feel with streaming. Plus with streaming it's got a vibe of the movie always been switchable. So if I get bored, out it goes. The movie has to justify it's viewing by holding your attention. It is a different dynamic with a disc. You're more committed.

There are still more options to discs like director's commentary and making of specials, as well as deleted scenes etc.

So they're not 'obsolete' and people with really good home theatre setups will want the ultra-blu-ray for the best sound and picture available.

I'm in a rural area with bad internet service and I absolutely hate this mindset. People ridiculing people for still using discs. Most of humanity doesn't live in areas with super high-speed internet. Where I am, internet speed isn't much better than it was 20 years ago. Streaming isn't always an option. And as you said, the selection available for streaming seems to be very sparse in any case.

They sound like my brother, who is very quick to label "old" technology as "obsolete" as if that makes him appear cool. But I keep my old VCR tapes from yesteryear.
And as for DVDs, new movies are still released in that format. So how is it "obsolete"?

Discs are definitely not obsolete. I love buying dvds and blu rays. I do streaming as well, but as you mentioned, there are lots of films not available to stream and a film could be removed from a streaming service at any point.

It's truly amazing how many movies are not available to stream at any specific time. I test this from time to time on justwatch.com. Anything made more than 10 years ago is a bit rare for streaming. Now buying digital copy is a different story and rent/streaming is slightly better but I'm not paying 5 bucks to stream a 20 year old movie.

As for discs. If you have them in YOUR POSSESSION, they are YOURS. They CANNOT be taken away by Google/Amazon/Apple//etc. Don't laugh, digital media has been taken away from many people for many reasons.

I wouldn't worry about what other people think, as long as you're happy, who cares?

People who think they are obsolete obviously don't care for all the bonus material DVD's and Blu Rays come with. You often get special features, deleted scenes sometimes and audio commentaries. Gotta love audio commentaries. Unless all these get transported over to the streaming websites along with the movies themselves, physical copies should never die.