--- title: Sony's digital purge just made NAS ownership a... description: Sony halting physical PlayStation disc production by 2028 and removing 551 movies/TV shows from user libraries without refunds highlights the fragility of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sony-s-digital-purge-just-made-nas-ownership-a-necessity-not-a-luxury-0soa8vkac twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sony's digital purge just made NAS ownership a necessity, not a luxury | daily.dev og:description: Sony halting physical PlayStation disc production by 2028 and removing 551 movies/TV shows from user libraries without refunds highlights the fragility of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sony-s-digital-purge-just-made-nas-ownership-a-necessity-not-a-luxury-0soa8vkac og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0Soa8vKAC.png og:image:alt: Sony's digital purge just made NAS ownership a necessity, not a luxury og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sony's digital purge just made NAS ownership a necessity, not a luxury **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sony halting physical PlayStation disc production by 2028 and removing 551 movies/TV shows from user libraries without refunds highlights the fragility of digital ownership. Digital purchases are effectively temporary access licenses, not true ownership, leaving consumers vulnerable to licensing disputes, storefront shutdowns, and monopolistic pricing. NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices are presented as a practical consumer defense: modern NAS systems have become far more user-friendly, supporting self-hosted media platforms like Jellyfin or Plex with Netflix-like interfaces, local high-bitrate streaming over gigabit Ethernet, and fast file transfers — all without relying on corporate-controlled cloud infrastructure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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