[Sankozi]

But nobody was doing that in this thread. Walteweiss was just pointing that Netflix DVD service closing has a significant positive side - less trash generated. Pointing it was called as "innumerate".

There are bigger problems for sure but there is also "there are bigger problems" fallacy (aka fallacy of relative privation).

[FeepingCreature]

The disagreement is precisely over whether the positive side is significant.

[im_z]

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

[behringer]

Considering each disk is reused countless times, it wouldn't surprise me at all if streaming causes more pollution in aggregate.

[hombre_fatal]

What about shipping the disc back and forth?

[behringer]

It goes through the envelope sorting system. Incredibly efficient and due to ads being a usps money maker, you'll get mail regardless.