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lrvicklast Tuesday at 8:16 PM1 replyview on HN

Do not give netflix -too- much credit for this. Netflix permanently closes distribution of most content they touch and kills the very physical media ownership options for content that they built their empire on.

You will be hard pressed to find a blu-ray or dvd release of any netflix show in the US.

As someone that enjoys having a physical offline media collection, and who does not want to support netflix, I am often forced to buy japanese copies or bootleg copies of netflix shows whereas I can buy legitimate US copies from virtually all other studios.

Even hits like K-Pop demon hunters, netflix has forbidden physical purchase or ownership, so piracy is the only option for those who are not netflix customers or want to watch offline on a blu-ray player on an airplane.


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caltlast Tuesday at 8:18 PM

Why buy Japanese bootlegs when webrips are on popular torrent sites?

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