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by johnfc2021 1614 days ago
As you say, they are streaming the content and therefore there are streaming rights involved regardless how they stream the content.

Consider for a moment that Netflix offered that service, how would you choose the menu options on that DVD? You'd have to wade through all those copyright warnings and adverts you can't skip. You'd have to pay more for the power consumption of the DVD player. Consider if every consumer had this service, how big would their warehouse have to be to store all the DVD players along with their collection of DVDs to play?

It would be a logistical nightmare for Netflix.