Do any of you rip your Blu-Rays?

I read a lot of posts here from people talking about issues with players fucking up certain parts of movies, discs having to be cleaned, having to spend a lot on players, region locking etc etc. To me this is very interesting and foreign because I have for 5+ years been ripping all of my Blu-Rays and storing them on a NAS. The files are stored as lossless MKV files that I access using Kodi from my PC, which in turn is connected to my projector. This means I have all of my Blu-Rays accessible from the Kodi as a front-end, like my own personal "streaming service".

Benefits:

  • No region locking
  • Picture quality isn't dependent on the player. As the movies are just files, I can play them from any type of software with the best options for quality.
  • No worries about picture artifacts due to too much data or broken player; if the movie has been ripped into a file, it's all there and will always play the same.
  • Movies are accessible immediately. No having to faff about with menus and settings for each movie.
  • Little-to-no wear on the discs. They're ripped once, and then put in a binder (I still have the cases on display)
  • If the drive breaks down, I can buy a new one for like $150. No need to get a whole new player.

Downsides:

  • Cost. Having a NAS with enough storage space gets expensive, even though it's pretty much a one-and-done thing depending on how big you think your collection will become.
  • Time. When I first started, it took me about three weeks to rip all of my movies. Ripping Oppenheimer 4K took about two hours. On the other hand though, it's less time than it would've taken to watch the movie.
  • The technical aspects of having to setup everything on your own. If you're technologically minded, it's not difficult though.

My NAS has 20tb of storage, of which my Blu-Rays (regular and 4K), take up about 5,72tb at the moment.

And for the record: I do not distribute or share any of my rips. They're for personal use and are only accessible from my computer. I do not rent movies to rip, I do not borrow movies to rip. Every movie I have ripped, I have bought and still have in my collection.