Although the Marvel Netflix shows technically existed within MCU continuity, those connections were sparse since Marvel Studios, which oversees the MCU movies and Disney+ shows, was not involved in their production.
We’ll likely never get a direct answer about the latter scenario, but of all the starring Marvel heroes we watched on Netflix from 2015 to 2019, Daredevil is arguably the one who has the most fan support for returning to the MCU.
This often made it feel like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Punisher were operating in their own reality, but now that Marvel Studios has access to these characters following a two-year waiting period, there’s an opportunity to spotlight them in the MCU proper.