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You're running into one of the biggest limitations of streaming: what's available at any given moment is limited, and changes all the time. Because of the way digital rights work, it's not possible for companies like Netflix and Amazon to build up a growing digital library for streaming the way they can with rental DVDs.
You're running into one of the biggest limitations of streaming: what's available at any given moment is limited, and changes all the time. Because of the way digital rights work, it's not possible for companies like Netflix and Amazon to build up a growing digital library for streaming the way they can with rental DVDs.
Though the argument could be made that there's a LOT more readily available now than during the rental DVD era. As of March 2016 (according to the first article I pulled up) Amazon offered about 20,000 movies and TV shows via streaming. Netflix had about 7,000 movies and TV shows. Hulu had roughly 10,000 titles. Sure, there's plenty of overlap between the three, but I doubt that many (if any) brick-and-mortar rental stores could rival those numbers.
Though the argument could be made that there's a LOT more readily available now than during the rental DVD era. As of March 2016 (according to the first article I pulled up) Amazon offered about 20,000 movies and TV shows via streaming. Netflix had about 7,000 movies and TV shows. Hulu had roughly 10,000 titles. Sure, there's plenty of overlap between the three, but I doubt that many (if any) brick-and-mortar rental stores could rival those numbers.
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