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But surely it makes more sense to peddle old movies and TV shows because you've already made them. Isn't that why content creation is so lucrative - you make it once and then sell it for years and years?

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But at least for Netflix, they didn't make the old content. If you watch content made by the streaming site, it likely costs them less.

Well, streaming services are being balkanized at such a rate that soon most of the content on each service is by the company the runs the service. That is, if it isn't already.

>should be easier to find old classic movies

Was referring to above; Netflix didn't create any of those. But yes, over time they'll have old entries in the Netflix catalog.

Their first original (House of Cards) was only 9 years ago

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