That’s perfectly fine but when a monthly streaming charge is the same as a single DVD movie it’s poses a very different calculation for most households.
When you are looking to get content for children it becomes even harder and more expensive.
The library is also a great source of DVDs.
Technically illegal to rip from a library DVD and having movies in a library is very much as US thing.
Having movies in a library is definitely not a US only thing.
Here in my European country, most if not all libraries carry movies on DVD and Blu-Ray, including the very latest releases.
I'm pretty sure the same goes for most European countries.
You're right, the newer stuff is difficult if not impossible to get a physical copy of. I just don't bother. I go see a movie in theaters every now and again but I'm 500% done with modern streaming platforms.