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by spatley 1116 days ago
>> If Wall Street wants Disney+ to cost less, the easiest way to do that without impacting subs or engagement is to delete the old stuff nobody watches.

This seems bananas on its face, are the execs at Disney thinking that it will save money to have fewer titles available to stream? The storage costs of titles that are never delivered is near zero.

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I believe it's the residual licensing costs to the works that are the expense, not the physical storage of it.
Residuals, while part of the industry is striking & more dependent on residuals.