4 ms·
If I watch 1 hour of Netflix a month I spend just as much money as if I were to watch 400 hours of Netflix. The cost of VCR rental scaled linearly with the amo
by after_care 6y ago
If I watch 1 hour of Netflix a month I spend just as much money as if I were to watch 400 hours of Netflix.
The cost of VCR rental scaled linearly with the amount of content, and the friction of renting was a significantly larger barrier than auto-play next episode.
- ghaff 6y agoClearly the friction is much lower today. I'm certainly not arguing that Netflix is effectively just the same thing as VCR rentals. But, as someone who watched TV not only pre-VCR but pre-cable, being able to go from having to watch whatever was being broadcast right this minute to be able to time-shift/rent/buy was certainly a much bigger change for me than on-demand streaming is. Especially if Netflix' DVD rental business weren't being allowed to decay, I'd be pretty happy just watching movies that way and maybe go back to timeshifting with a TiVo.