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I’m sad to say that it feels like you are right. I didn’t mean that Netflix is all good, I just meant that we also have an ecology question here that’s involved

I’m sad to say that it feels like you are right. I didn’t mean that Netflix is all good, I just meant that we also have an ecology question here that’s involved, not just the money. If it generates tons of money but also generates tons of waste— do we really need it? I know it’s some naïve idealism, but I would love to see the world where we, as human race, choose to do nothing rather than trash our planet even more. I may sound like a crazy ecology fanatic (I’m not yet), yet I’m becoming more and more worried over all this. While the other commenter legitimately pointed out that servers aren’t free (ecology wise) either, I think they can be optimised over time. Shipping physical disks, I don’t see as rational these days. Even when it gets you money, discard half of your customers and the other half would switch to subscription anyway, you just push them to do that earlier.

robertlagrant 3y ago
We don't need it - that's why it's closing. It's been replaced by digital services. I don't understand this comment - it might make sense as a (bad) pitch for digitising Netflix in the 2000s, but the millions of FTE days to do that have already been pitched, paid for and worked. What is this adding?
- im_z 3y ago
  So Netflix has 100k titles like Netflix DVD had? Thought so. Not a replacement then.
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    You forgot to read the context. That's nothing to do with what we're talking about.
    - im_z 3y ago
      How? Define "need" and "replace." If something is not available on a digital service, it's not replacing anything. And if you want something and the only available place is that service, then you "need" that service to watch it.
      - robertlagrant 3y ago
        If Netflix didn't exist, we'd all be fine. That's how we know we don't need it. Replace - I'm not sure how much I can add on top of what we've already said, that Netflix has been replacing its mail order business with digital for the last 15 years or so.

robertlagrant 3y ago

We don't need it - that's why it's closing. It's been replaced by digital services. I don't understand this comment - it might make sense as a (bad) pitch for digitising Netflix in the 2000s, but the millions of FTE days to do that have already been pitched, paid for and worked. What is this adding?

im_z 3y ago
So Netflix has 100k titles like Netflix DVD had? Thought so. Not a replacement then.
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  You forgot to read the context. That's nothing to do with what we're talking about.
  - im_z 3y ago
    How? Define "need" and "replace." If something is not available on a digital service, it's not replacing anything. And if you want something and the only available place is that service, then you "need" that service to watch it.
    - robertlagrant 3y ago
      If Netflix didn't exist, we'd all be fine. That's how we know we don't need it. Replace - I'm not sure how much I can add on top of what we've already said, that Netflix has been replacing its mail order business with digital for the last 15 years or so.