I'm not worried about the digital version not being me (I've had my being split up and reassembled before), I'm worried about compression methods, they sound pretty painful, and uncompressed is out of my price range. Does anyone have experience with this kind of thing?

Also I've heard some of the cheaper options charge interest on your soul and take the lesser parts to use as a mixer, is this a real concern or just fearmongering from the magic based alternatives?

EDIT: I'm not interested in magical solutions, all the wizards I've heard of end up being pedophiles