“Generous offer?” Holy fucking spin zone. Every disc they let a customer keep is just a disc they don’t have to worry about disposing off. Just happens to be a modest bonus for their subscribers.

There is lots of content that isn’t licensed for streaming, and is out-of-print on DVD. Its entirely possible that Netflix DVD rental may be the ONLY place to get certain titles. Depending on what you had out, this may be quite a boon for those that have rare titles in hand.

Something like the Blu Ray of Kevin Smith’s 1999 movie “Dogma” could cost you $175 to buy

Something like the Blu Ray of Kevin Smith’s 1999 movie “Dogma” could cost you $150 to buy

…but why?

Because its out of print. There are no new copies to replace ones sold. So the remaining copies in inventory rise in value.