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d21lewis said:
I don't know. For the most part, everybody I know downloads what they want to see. There was a time when we cared about bonus features and stuff but I think that time is quickly passing. Physical media is dying. I used to only buy DC Comics movies on Blu Ray but I don't even do that anymore.

I think the interest in bonus features will stay the same. It has been there with Laserdisc box set editions, gone mainstream with dvd and blu-ray, and will probably stay with disc versions. I guess it will be a VHS next to Laserdisc situation again in the future. HD bare bones streaming for the masses, 4K blu-ray + blu-ray + digital copy with extras for the collector. Apart from lossless sound and sometimes the extended edition, I doubt more features will make it to streaming. (Maybe some studio will try bonus features as micro transactions...)

I guess more people watched the bonus features because they were on the disc anyway, but I doubt the amount of people checking the extras before buying has changed much. Physical movie media won't die, it will become a niche market. Hopefully at CD level and not all the way down to vinyl records level. (which also still gets new releases)