You can hedge the risk of hard drive failure with backups, you can’t hedge a digital service company turning off your access to certain media. Storage is getting bigger and cheaper and, especially older, media uses relatively small file sizes.
Getting the ISO of a DVD is really good advice. One of the downsides of switching from DVDs to digital was the loss of the DVD extras. Most of the time it was just blooper reels or copies of marketing materials. Things that most people don’t care about but are really valuable like commentary tracks or alternate cuts were frequently included in deluxe editions. Sometimes you got really good creative stuff like an animated short or a mini game.
Al Bundy peaked in highschool, never went to college, was a shoe salesman at the mall. Al Bundy had an, at least, three bedroom single family home in a nice neighborhood, supported a family of four plus a dog on his single income, had ample free time to spend with family and friends and to spend on hobbies.
Al Bundy: Failure and constant butt of jokes in the 1980s, unobtainable vision of success in the 2020s
Will they be releasing the Epstein files at the same time? What if Trump repeatedly visiting Epstein Island to rape children is a cause of autism. It clearly needs investigated.