But it wasn’t Netflix’s dream: They had different ideas. A decade after the streaming service launched in this country, it is obvious that Netflix isn’t in the business of offering a place to watch every movie ever made. You can’t watch the Criterion Collection on Netflix. If all you want to watch isQueer EyeorStranger Things, the landscape looks fine. Meanwhile, video stores have vanished, the home video market collapsed, and the dream that Netflix once seemed to promise is tragically, irretrievably gone.
Source: National Post September 23, 2020 18:00 UTC