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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.

Being a "techie" is irrelevant. It is straightforward to get a disc player if someone wants it. You clearly don't want it. But if someone does, the lack of tech knowledge is barely a barrier. I would guess people that are less tech savvy are more likely to still use discs to be honest.

Ok, but my point is you can't just claim the revenue is shrinking as evidence there was no demand when the service itself is getting worse. Perhaps that alone explains most of the reduction. People using the disc service in 2020 had ample time to move to streaming so clearly there was something about the disc service that they found worthwhile.

"Upscale" is the wrong word here. The film is scanned at a higher resolution. If it was shot on tape then yes it has to be upscaled but almost no films were shot on tape.

"but investors want growth" which we know is a stupid mentality.

Well they had 50 distribution centres in the past. It wasn't across the country then.

And? As if the law in these things has no relevance. Of course it does. You can't just discount this because it's in the law. Good luck seeing these kinds of laws applying to digital media. It's just not treated the same.

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

Again, ignoring the data centre side. It's not from thin air that you can stream.

Terrible argument. First stop pretending data centres have no impact on the environment. They do. Second, this is a great use of discs. They are being reused. They aren't just plastic that goes into a dump, it's something people rent and return for others. Plastic in of itself is not a bad material, it's that it's being mismanaged. One use plastics are the biggest offenders, and the amount people use those dwarfs the amount they get from reused rented discs.

It's such a disingenuous argument from people who hate physical media for irrational reasons and want everyone locked into the streamers platforms with no control over their media and streamers who have no incentives to preserve media. If you think that streaming is equivalent in availability to what Netflix DVD had you are mistaken.

It's not a natural death. They've done nothing to maintain it. They reduced distribution centres (thus increasing wait times) and they haven't replaced many of the titles that have become damaged, so they are unavailable. It's no wonder people are leaving in large rates, because what they used to offer was unparalleled access to films and TV. 100k titles. No streamer has that.