Why Did Windows 10 Remove Ability to Play a DVD Movie?

[turkey3_scratch]

I'm sorry I just don't understand at all. Windows Media Player is still in Windows 10. In Windows 7 and 8, it played a DVD movie. So, I pop in Lord of the Rings, and Windows 10 cannot play DVDs. It can read all the files, but does not have native support for playing a DVD movie with Windows Media Player or any built-in software.

Of course, I download VLC Media Player and watched it, but seriously Microsoft... Why? What is the legitimate reason for removing such a feature like that. It would have required no work to keep it.

 

[lantrich]

Just wait. It will become a pay to use feature in the future.

 

[nitrium]

Just wait. It will become a pay to use feature in the future.

No need to wait! It's was already there from day one! All yours for the low low price of $15!
http://www.cio.com/article/2969552/consumer-technology/windows-10-wont-play-dvds-unless-you-pay-microsoft-15.html
Yeah, MS can go and f**k itself. But really what did you expect when they said it was going to be a "free" upgrade?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Just wait. It will become a pay to use feature in the future.

No need to wait! It's already here! All yours for just the low low price of $15.
http://www.cio.com/article/2969552/consumer-technology/windows-10-wont-play-dvds-unless-you-pay-microsoft-15.html
Yeah, MS can go and f**k itself. But really what did you expect when they said it was going to be a "free" upgrade?

Wait a second, I thought lantrich was joking, they actually make you pay $15? Hahahaha! What a joke, especially for such a limited DVD player. Haha! Pay $100 for an OS that doesn't support DVDs.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

VLC and it's FREE.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

OR

Media Player Classic
https://mpc-hc.org/

 

[USAFRet]

Why? Licensing agreements. To license the software, they would have had to pay. Meaning you would have to pay. Seeing as there are many, many free alternatives, it was not cost effective to include DVD playback software.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953724/windows/how-to-play-dvds-in-windows-10-for-free.html
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/07/how-to-play-dvds-for-free-in-windows-10
http://www.cio.com/article/2969552/consumer-technology/windows-10-wont-play-dvds-unless-you-pay-microsoft-15.html

 

[jldevoy]

I think MS realised they were having to pay a license fee and most users used decent software instead.