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Why would people buy it on disk when it was released onto Disney+? It has other metrics of success - it was one of the most streamed programs in March 2022.

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I guess for some kids it's easier to pop a dvd in the player than navigating menus. Also, kids tend to watch the same movie again for ever, maybe it's safer for some parents to buy the actual thing, even more during the streaming war where parents switch from service to another.

Cars (vans mostly) with rear entertainment systems are mostly using discs, I'd guess.

> I guess for some kids it's easier to pop a dvd in the player than navigating menus

I can't speak for all kids, but for mine it's the opposite—the main TV remote they use controls our Fire TV Stick, and has a button for Disney+ built in. Plus, our iPads have Disney+ apps. Whereas our optical drive is a PS4, so they'd need to use the TV remote to switch to a different input, plus the PS4 controller. I'm not saying they couldn't figure it out if they wanted to, but for them, navigating menus to Disney+ is much easier.

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