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I pay ~100/month for cable. I've had a Netflix subscription for ~6 months. Since subscribing to Netflix, my girlfriend and I have watched less than 20 hours of
by m0nastic 15y ago
I pay ~100/month for cable. I've had a Netflix subscription for ~6 months. Since subscribing to Netflix, my girlfriend and I have watched less than 20 hours of television via cable. We maintain a cable subscription for pretty much the same reason people rationalize a landline phone (just in case).
Netflix can raise their prices about 10x before I'd even consider not renewing my subscription.
"But comparing Netflix to Cable is a bullshit comparison, the content on Netflix is way less" you might say. In theory, you are right. The content available via Instant Watch is way limited; and it has less newer content.
All I know is that since we've started using Netflix, I've stopped buying DVD's (I used to order 15-20 a week from Amazon), I've stopped watching the DVD's I already own (I have about 1000 sitting in giant plastic tubs in the closet that I never dig through), and I've stopped watching regular television.
- qq66 15y agoYou used to buy 15-20 DVDs per WEEK from Amazon? Did you even watch half of them? I'm confused.
- m0nastic 15y agoThey were mostly movies I'd already seen, and just wanted to have a copy of. When I first started buying DVD's, I got it in my head that I didn't ever want to be in a situation like: "Oh, I feel like watching movie X, but I don't own it." Instant gratification.
- smackfu 15y ago15-20 a week from Amazon? What the fuck. I know one series you may end up on: Hoarders.
- m0nastic 15y agoOnce or twice a year I'd prune out all the movies that I was certain I'd never want to watch again (Shallow Hal, I'm looking squarely at you). I did the same thing with CD's when I was younger. Thankfully, the universe ran out of music that I like.
- anonymous246 15y agoYou're acting wealthy. I hope you are. :)
- m0nastic 15y agoI think a more accurate statment is that I'm acting foolish (I don't recommend other people adopt a similar mindset). I'm fortunate that my income has always outpaced my compulsive buying tendencies, but it took a long time to keep it from spiralling out of control.