I recently(?) wrote[0] about Vudu being acquired from Walmart by
Fandango. This was upsetting to me for two reasons: most of my
Ultraviolet library (the digital edition most DVD/BD sales come with)
was entirely on Vudu, and Fandango is the worst company on Earth.

What I was pleasantly surprised by soon after was the discovery that
Movies Anywhere (an app/service) could link my Vudu library to my
other libraries (in this case, Amazon Video). This was great news
because most of my purchases were transferred over to Amazon so I
could watch it with Amazon Video without the need for codes or
purchasing the digital copy again. For once in a long time, the movie
industry made a pro-consumer move. Amazing.

The only unfortunate thing is not all my movies and most of my TV
shows didn't transfer. Compared to the massive physical media
collection I have, it's tiny, but it's still something. I may end up
using Vudu again, but for right now it's still on my blacklist. The
other "catch" is that the motion picture companies have to play ball
and agree to this transfer. Most have, a few haven't. That's why only
most of my UV videos showed up on Amazon, not all.

In other news, I got the South Park extension working on Kodi on my
computer again. This is the main way I've watched South Park for years
and over the past two or three, it was broken. So it's great to have
that available to me now. It's also the only software that I've
confirmed can directly play BDs on my PC, although I rip all my BDs so
it's not very useful in that respect.

0. gopher://republic.circumlunar.space/0/~np89/glog/20200421-vudu_acquired.txt