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human
ELI5: Why does Netflix offer streaming of only some movies and disc-only for others? Why can't they all be streaming?
gpt
For both the dvd rentals and the instant streaming, netflix has to pay licensing fees to the movie studios. Its part of where your monthly subscription goes. If netflix isn't granted the license from the movie company to do it, they can't stream it. Streaming services aren't quite the best way for studios to make money, so they often wait a while before allowing some of their bigger releases to be streamed. It may also be that the company has an exclusivity deal with one of netflix's competitors, like amazon instant. In that case, it doesn't matter how much money netflix offers, because the deal restricts it to the other company.