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INTEREST: GKids: Studio Ghibli Has No Plans to Release Films on Streaming Services

I wonder what GKids has to say about this?

https://kotaku.com/studio-ghibli-films-will-finally-be-available-to-stream-1839136537

To clarify - the quote referenced in articles earlier this week was from a GKIDS statement in 2018. GKIDS was not contacted by those writers for confirmation or comment prior to publication. Otherwise, we would have provided comment.

Well this will be an embarrassment from ANN when they issue an update lmao.
From GKids Twitter:

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To clarify - the quote referenced in articles earlier this week was from a GKIDS statement in 2018. GKIDS was not contacted by those writers for confirmation or comment prior to publication. Otherwise, we would have provided comment.

While I agree 100% that physical media offers superior video quality I think the simple fact is that the majority of people don't care. As I've posted (ranted?) several times in the past, it seems that the further A/V tech advances the more people are willing to trade off quality for convenience.

If someone cared about the video experience they'd watch in a dark room, without distractions, in front of a fairly large screen. If my observation of friends, co-workers, and family is anything to go by most people don't do that: they watch on a tiny phone or tablet (or maybe laptop) screen, in a well-lit room, while all sorts of other distractions are taking place.

Likewise, take audio: If people really cared about audio quality they would use nice headphones (no, Beatz are not nice) or properly positioned speakers and would be using uncompressed source material. But again, most people don't do that, they listen with cheapo earbuds from a highly compressed source, and they do so while there are all sorts of distractions around them.

Fact is that only A/V geeks care about quality, and we are few and far between compared to the average consumer. The average person values the the convenience of streaming their music and videos over quality, and probably isn't even aware of the fact that physical media is superior.

I would say instead that the average consumer does not value having the utmost highest quality A/V equipment as much as audiophiles/videophiles do.

I'm sure there is also a point of diminishing returns for audio as well. If you want to spend your money on high end A/V equipment, by all means, but I don't think it's fair to expect people to spend hundreds of dollars on expensive headphones or speaker systems and hundreds or even thousands on a very large 4K or 8K TV or projector.

but I think it is inappropriate to shame people for choosing streaming because it makes the most sense for them, and to act like they don't choose other options out of ignorance.

^Like I said, I think quality does matter to people, just up to a point, and not as much as videophiles. People care if their video suddenly drops to Standard Definition or their headphones start going out from wear and tear. Just because they don't value it as highly as videophiles/audiophiles do doesn't mean they don't care about quality at all.

I'd be more inclined to read your previous post as a neutral observation and not a judgement of the average consumer if you hadn't by your own admission (perhaps half-admission) ranted about how things are on multiple occasions

as well as acting as if the average consumer is ignorant of video quality differences between streaming and physical media

and equating not caring as much as videophiles/audiophiles to not caring about quality at all. As much as I'd like to take your word for it that you didn't intend to give that impression you were looking down on the average consumer, I'm still skeptical.