The tl;dr is "Netflix has no way to request 'plastic discs' via the mobile app or mobile website". I guess that's fair. Personally I don't even own a device th

The tl;dr is "Netflix has no way to request 'plastic discs' via the mobile app or mobile website". I guess that's fair. Personally I don't even own a device that can play "plastic discs" anymore, which I think is kinda the point (of Netflix not making that a first class use case). Some commenters for some reason have seemingly just taken the title and extrapolating to the entire content industry (did all these people actually click on the link?). A lesser point is finding content. Movie A is on Netflix and Amazon. Movie B is on Hulu. Movie C is on plastic discs only. This is a general problem (for consumers) as the content producers fight the inevitable commoditization. The movie industry is suffering not from piracy or streaming (IMHO) but from TV. Streaming and "plastic discs" made long form serial content viable. There's something deeply satisfying about the almost 48 hours of Breaking Bad vs the 2-2.5 of almost all movies (most of which these days seem to just regurgitate the same superhero formula time and again). Additionally, good TV can be produced pretty cheaply too compared to any modern movie budget.