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In Reply to: RE: What the F*CK is UP WITH NETFLIX? posted by mbnx01 on October 07, 2014 at 09:24:53
I left Netflix back when they split the streaming & DVD by mail business ... then they said "we'll never mind" ... but I was already gone.I tried the 30 day free streaming once since then ... didn't think it was worth it so I never became a paying subscriber again.
Netflix was cool when it 1st started but I have no interest in them anymore.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
Edits: 10/11/14Follow Ups:
...some people are upset because they want so much more for their $8 a month.
To me, this is like going to some good restaurant, paying $50 for a good dinner, then endlessly complaining that you were not served chateau Lafite. The fact you got a very good $50 dinner is apparently not fair enough.
Netflix is like good... sometimes - VERY good restaurant... it provides, in my view, more than good service for its price.
So say "Thank you!" for that, and take the rest of your money elsewhere - buy your BD's on line, if you wish.
Me... I certainly find more than plenty of films worth watching there. Many more, in fact, than my $8 would buy anywhere else.
Actually the money had nothing to do with it. It's always been dirt cheap to me.The problem I had with them was that ... IMHO ... they were more interested in the streaming side of the business than the DVD side.
Initially I joined Netflix (in the early years) because they had DVDs
available that I could not find at my local Hollywood Video or Blockbuster.Always had a fear that once Netflix killed off the video stores they would revert to the same ... "cater to the masses" attitude ... that was typical of most video stores. I've always assumed that they would stream what is popular ... new releases ... movies catering to younger tastes ... etc. It's the most economically sensible business model. But it's not one that I am interested in.
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Anyway when I left Netflix ... I joined Blockbuster online ... was good for while but then the waiting lists and mail time got longer and longer ... so I quit them too.
By that time both Hollywood & Blockbuster Video stores had closed in my Town.
Now I just get movies from the Library (online ordering transferred from any Library in my state) or from a local Drug Store that still rents new releases for couple of dollars.
As far a streaming ... I am a Hulu Plus subscriber ... initially joined to gain access to the Criterion Collection but I also watch a lot of TV series ... was not planing that but that's how it's worked out.
Cheers
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
Edits: 10/13/14
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