> As a movie lover, Netflix was a great way to get stuff that was either out of print or sometimes prohibitively expensive (certain Criterion discs, box sets of

> As a movie lover, Netflix was a great way to get stuff that was either out of print or sometimes prohibitively expensive (certain Criterion discs, box sets of TV shows) that I couldn't find anywhere else. It was until it wasn't. It was about 10 years ago I first noticed the "unavailable" section of my queue getting bigger. I cancelled my subscription somewhere around 2018 when I completely ran my queue out and still had 10 or 15 movies in the "unavailable" section. Some were even movies that didn't appear to be out of print. In it's heyday I agree, it was the most reliable place to get anything, but towards the end they chopped off their long tail and therefore neutered their usefulness to me…