[gutnor]

That's not the whole effort involved though.

You first need to either remember, or somehow get hints somewhere that the content exists.

Then you need to search it, in this case, first on all the streaming option.

Then you need to find it on a physical media, which means delivery. Each season of the Simpson is worth 1 to 2 months of Netflix. Watching all the episode is going to cost you the equivalent of 2 years of streaming across all the platforms you use.

Then you still need to go to the trouble of using the physical container. Which is not guaranteed to work even if you have the hardware. DVD DRM have not become more tolerant over the years and if you have older hardware you may not be able to use it at all.

This is some non negligible commitment, you really have to want to watch the Simpson or need a serious shortcut in some of those steps (eg: finding a pile of Simpsons DVD at goodwill). There is just too much competition for people time.

[darpa_escapee]

People drive to Redbox locations to rent DVDs from vending machines. I think you're overestimating the amount of effort it takes to buy DVDs on eBay.