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I think the author makes some good points. I've been a customer of Netflix way back when it was DVDs-in-envelopes and that was awesome because you could get jus
by softwarebeware 5y ago
I think the author makes some good points. I've been a customer of Netflix way back when it was DVDs-in-envelopes and that was awesome because you could get just about any new movie as soon as it was released. The current Netflix is irritating by comparison. I can hardly find anything to watch, especially the stuff I search for. Instead, I'm railroaded into things Netflix created instead, by the algorithm that suggests similar alternatives, all of which feel like cheap knock-offs. I want to watch Star Wars. I want to watch Back to the Future. I want to watch Donnie Darko. And not just when Netflix happens to have them on the catalog.
- m463 5y agoI did netflix dvds, then added netflix streaming. Then something happened, my time got more valuable and streaming wasn't as interesting. So I doubled down on dvds and eventually netflix unsubscribed me from streaming because I didn't use it (kudos netflix). I now am exclusively netflix dvds and love it.
- softwarebeware 5y ago> I now am exclusively netflix dvds and love it. Thanks for mentioning this! I actually had no idea that there was still the option for DVDs. Looks like a good service, actually! I may become an exclusively netflix DVDs subscriber!
- CharlesW 5y ago> The current Netflix is irritating by comparison. I can hardly find anything to watch, especially the stuff I search for. This is my experience exactly. Netflix has mostly retreated into an "originals"-heavy strategy with an extremely low batting average. Because they have a weak editorial POV, they abruptly and unceremoniously cancel quality content that doesn't perform well, to the point that you're a fool if you start watching a promising-looking series before it completes. If we didn't get such a good deal via T-Mobile, we'd have canceled already.