I'm not bothered too much by the Netflix kerfluffle. Yeah, they're stupid for changing their minds and their business model. But it's their rope, they can hang themselves with it.
Somehow I doubt they will. They have seen the future and they know it is ONLINE. I laugh because one of the reasons people give for being pissed about the rate hikes is that the streaming content is not nearly as diverse as the DVD-by-mail. There was a time when not very much was available via DVD either, there certainly isn't yet enough selection on Blue-Ray to make an ardent movie buff swoon. It was the same with VHS and heaven forbid you bought a Beta back in the '80s.
So give them time, the streaming content will become well worth the wait. And will free up your living rooms because we'll no longer need 6 pieces of furniture just for our movie selections.
BTW, I am as cheap as them come. Netflix has a limited plan for $4.99/month. You get 2 movies by mail and 2 movies streamed online. As someone who works a lot that's very reasonable for me, especially when 1 DVD can be from a TV show set, which can contain 4 episodes. I sometimes forget to mail them back, so some months I don't even use 2 rentals. If I had unlimited I doubt I would be getting my money's worth for what, $18/month?
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Date: 2011-10-12 01:05 am (UTC)Somehow I doubt they will. They have seen the future and they know it is ONLINE. I laugh because one of the reasons people give for being pissed about the rate hikes is that the streaming content is not nearly as diverse as the DVD-by-mail. There was a time when not very much was available via DVD either, there certainly isn't yet enough selection on Blue-Ray to make an ardent movie buff swoon. It was the same with VHS and heaven forbid you bought a Beta back in the '80s.
So give them time, the streaming content will become well worth the wait. And will free up your living rooms because we'll no longer need 6 pieces of furniture just for our movie selections.
BTW, I am as cheap as them come. Netflix has a limited plan for $4.99/month. You get 2 movies by mail and 2 movies streamed online. As someone who works a lot that's very reasonable for me, especially when 1 DVD can be from a TV show set, which can contain 4 episodes. I sometimes forget to mail them back, so some months I don't even use 2 rentals. If I had unlimited I doubt I would be getting my money's worth for what, $18/month?