At this moment, Netflix is streaming about 3800 films – less than half of what the average Blockbuster used to carry.

As for films made before 1990? Only 79 titles are currently streaming. If we go to 1980 or earlier, that drops to 36 (!)

✨PHYSICAL MEDIA STILL MATTERS✨

— Kate Hagen (@thathagengrrl) April 18, 2023

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, for whatever reason there was a great video store in my crappy hometown that had about 10,000 titles on VHS — more than double what Netflix has to stream currently. (And yes, I know it was that many because I asked the owner himself, with whom I had a friendly relationship.)

It doesn’t have to be this way, but we’ve allowed companies to steal our culture and rent it back to us.

Remember: if you aren’t pirating it, it’s not yours. Don’t give these clowns any money ever.