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We don't need it - that's why it's closing. It's been replaced by digital services.

I don't understand this comment - it might make sense as a (bad) pitch for digitising Netflix in the 2000s, but the millions of FTE days to do that have already been pitched, paid for and worked. What is this adding?

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So Netflix has 100k titles like Netflix DVD had? Thought so. Not a replacement then.

You forgot to read the context. That's nothing to do with what we're talking about.

How? Define "need" and "replace." If something is not available on a digital service, it's not replacing anything. And if you want something and the only available place is that service, then you "need" that service to watch it.

If Netflix didn't exist, we'd all be fine. That's how we know we don't need it.

Replace - I'm not sure how much I can add on top of what we've already said, that Netflix has been replacing its mail order business with digital for the last 15 years or so.

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