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Re:Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros by bouncycastle on Friday December 05, 2025 @06:14PM (#46168661)
Look at books: You can go to your local public library and borrow any book for free, yet new books are still made under that system.
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Re:Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros by sokoloff on Friday December 05, 2025 @07:25PM (#46169227)
Fair point! In many libraries, you can go to the library and check out DVDs as well.

That could be a way to make videos available for free but inconvenient enough that people would pay for a more convenient way, just as they do with books.

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Re:Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros by lp0_on_fire on Saturday December 06, 2025 @10:47AM (#46174214)
The _vast_ majority of book sales are to private individuals, not libraries.
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Re:Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros by rewgs on Sunday December 07, 2025 @01:28PM (#46183837)
The cost of creating a book is essentially $0 when compared to movies.
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