Now, more than ever, please encourage physical media ownership...

You have a good point here. I don't think it is that bad yet, and everything is like this now. An enemy such as Russia, China and Iran with a lucky 9-11 computer virus attack could drop us all back to the stone age. No one that I know of, at least with any political power is thinking about this or suggesting any plan of action.

"Equilibrium" was a good movie.

You know, but also there is probably less real censorship now than ever before. If anything the "extended-cut" releases of movies show more than the theater releases. They aren't going anywhere.

Can you give me an example of the kind of censorship you are referring to? Are you obliquely referencing something political?

I was actually in support of this before the censorship and editing BS began. See, a common problem streaming had to start with in the first half of the 2010s (and is still an issue now) is that [unless they are produced by the actual streaming service] movies and tv shows would come and go all the time, causing people to get upset when their fave series or movie disappeared. My mom almost cancelled our Netflix account when they dumped "Bones" a few years ago. We all first begged her not to do it, and after this happening several times prior to that, I suggested that she get the series on dvd, just in case we went off to Hulu and it happened again!

The editing and censorship became a real issue very recently, particularly where Disney is concerned.

There's also another reason to get dvd's of something. Too often, I'll go use the Search function on my Roku main menu, and there are still some movies and tv shows they do not have available on any streaming service [or you have to pay to rent/buy it on Amazon's service] but they're available on dvd already.

A good example would be some stuff I used to watch on Discovery channel back in the late 2000s, and they're kind of obscure. One was a docufiction called "Alien Planet," which is a fascinating story about some probes we send to a planet called "Darwin IV" to study the alien life there. The CGI is kinda dated now, but it's still a beautifully made, incredibly realistic portrayal of life on another world. We bought the dvd very recently.

There's another fun docufiction I saw made by Brits that was vaguely similar, with two episodes about the planets "Aurelia," and "The Blue Moon." Strangely enough, neither is available on Discovery Plus, and I'm suddenly very tempted into getting a Region 2 dvd of the "Alien Worlds" and a region-free disc player.

I also enjoyed this interesting series called "The World in 2057," which shows what the future might be like. It was broadcast on Discovery Channel in 2007, so the premise of the series (I think it had just 3 episodes) was "What would the world be like 50 years from now?" They showed both the good and the bad parts of such a world, and it was fascinating to watch. Sadly, it's not available anywhere on streaming right now.

Here's an interesting premise.
Let's say you buy a digital copy of the original Dumbo which is true to it's original form. According to the terms: you "own" that copy. Let's say Disney finally caves to the PC police and removes the crow scene. They change your copy to match the new "acceptable" version. Wouldn't that be destruction of private property?

I can't deny that I don't see an issue with companies deciding to no longer produce or distribute certain content anymore, but people really need to stop thinking "digital ownership" means ownership. You're at the whims of the company you're streaming from and the company providing the content to the streaming service.

Modified Aspect Ratio is awful, if it was filmed in 4:3 it should stay in 4:3. So are retroactive alterations to films... but this is the world of "digital ownership" where you don't actually own anything, you only have licenses. At least you could sell a DVD, but you cannot sell your license to your "digitally owned" movie because you don't actually own it.

FYI- According to current copyright laws physical media is the only format of recorded media that the consumer owns outright upon purchase. Even then there are copyright restrictions that dictate what you can't do with the programming (duplicate, re-edit, etc.).

On the other hand, copyright holders (studios) maintain ownership of streamed or electronically purchased digital media in perpetuity. Consumers don't own any part of the digital file and are only granted limited license.

That's rather hard since some Marvel cartoons from the past are legally only available through streaming here in the U.S. Like the 90s Spider-Man cartoon and some other older Marvel cartoons. Or other cartoons like the Tick and the Mask.