A Staten Island Republican has written a letter to the CEO of Netflix imploring the streaming giant to bring back its DVD-by-mail service because it “filled a vital gap for seniors and technophobes.”
New York City GOP councilman Frank Morano has called on Netflix to turn back time and bring back the iconic red envelopes after the postal service was discontinued by the company in 2023.
“Streaming is wonderful, but it is not everything,” Morano wrote in the letter to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, the Staten Island Advance reports.
“DVDs filled a vital gap for seniors and technophobes, film lovers and collectors, and consumers with limited broadband access,” Marano said. “For many, those little red envelopes weren’t just discs — they were lifelines to cinema.”
Laying out his case, Morano stated that the DVDs allowed “any household with a mailing address” to be part of “the cinematic conversation.”
