Like look at this year's 8 Best Picture nominees
Nomadland - Feb. 19
The Father - March 26 (less than a month before the Oscars)
JatBM - Feb. 12
Mank - Nov. 13
Minari - Feb. 12
Promising Young Woman - Dec. 25
Sound of Metal - Nov. 20
Trial of the Chicago 7 - Sep. 25
1/2 of the nominees wouldn't even be eligible in a normal year and were released specifically for Oscar attention. The other 4 were all released in the last 1/4 of the year, and 3 of those were specific to a streaming service.