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human
ELI5: Why do movies release on home video much quicker than they used to?

I remember from a over a decade ago that movies would take a year or more to release on VHS and DVD. Now it seems like movies release on DVD and Digital in as little as 3 months after they came out in theatres.

Why? Was VHS production holding it back or something?
gpt
it's takes almost nothing to release a movie digitally. and DVDs are cheaper and easier to mass produce than cassettes were. with Netflix and Amazon prime, people have so much access to movies on demand that if they were to wait so long, people would forget about it. strike while the iron is hot, so while the movie still has popularity and a following.