I know it’s not really full ownership in the same way but I’d also remind folks that digital movie purchases still exist and are often a very good value. My library is full of movies that cost me $5 or less. One example is Lawrence of Arabia in a beautiful 4K transfer. I’d recommend Apple for this as their streaming quality is top notch: they are cinephiles over there.

Also, you really don’t need a blu ray player investment to just buy blu rays, rip them with a USB blu ray reader, toss them on self-hosted jellyfin. It’s really better than the blu-ray player experience especially since you can rip 4K blu-rays without having to invest in the rather limited selection of expensive players.

My third suggestion is to just skip all this and sail the seas.