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by asadlionpk 1435 days ago
You think selling vhs and dvds is a better business? I don’t know anyone who has a bluray player.
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> I don’t know anyone who has a bluray player.

Everyone with a playstation or an xbox has one.

Well, every home has a smart display/phone/tablet and a high-speed internet. I feel not even 0.1x of that population has a gaming console.
The new Xbox and PlayStation consoles come with variants without physical media
If Netflix had kept and improved physical delivery maybe you would.
I don't know why you're being downvoted; this seems at least plausible. In this scenario Netflix would still have dominated streaming over the past number of years, so they would have had a huge platform from which to pitch their parallel physical media service. Given its infinite selection, it's at least possible it could have caused a substantial number of people to hold onto their players.
It's a dying medium. The foundations have moved; internet got insanely cheap and fast, if Netflix hadn't done this somebody has would have eaten their lunch.