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Buy a subscription when something good comes from Netflix, watch that thing, then cancel your subscription. I gave up Netflix years ago because I realized I'm j

Buy a subscription when something good comes from Netflix, watch that thing, then cancel your subscription. I gave up Netflix years ago because I realized I'm just scrolling the same 15-20 Netflix Originals in every category.

reportgunner 2y ago
You don't even need to buy a subscription to watch netflix shows.
- recursive 2y ago
  But it is easier.
prophesi 2y ago
I used to do that, but now it's $18+ to watch without ads which is a bit much just for one title you're interested in.
- standardUser 2y ago
  In yesteryear, it was inconceivable to purchase a series to watch for a scant $18.
  - williamdclt 2y ago
    That's purchasing, though. Using Netflix is very far from purchasing a media, it's barely renting
    - standardUser 2y ago
      True, but you could rent 3 times for less than the price of the average box set.
      - mrguyorama 2y ago
        Yet in the past, renting the movie you wanted to watch cost a scant couple dollars. Netflix played a shell game with people's idea of value. A $18 Netflix subscription might seem not bad, it's less than an hour's work for most people! But that $2k a year? How many people spent $2k a year buying and renting media? My family spent like $100 a year doing that. The entire point of the subscription model is to take advantage of the way your brain processes value. I've given Spotify like $8k over the course of my subscription. I definitely do not regularly listen to $8k worth of music. If I cut off the long tail of the weird stuff I listen to, I probably listen to less than $500 of music in my lifetime, and very little of that went to the actual artists I like.
        jogjayr 2y ago
        > But that $2k a year? $18 * 12 = $216
        mrguyorama 2y ago
        In my defense, math is like, really hard. I'm only a whole magnitude off!
  - Pfhortune 2y ago
    Netflix is more akin to renting, though.
  - malfist 2y ago
    I bought the og battle star series on DVD for $90 in the early 00's. My parents bought most of the MASH seasons and they were a bit cheaper but they were still over $50 per season. But they didn't charge you $18 a month to keep it in your library, it could just sit on a shelf.

reportgunner 2y ago

You don't even need to buy a subscription to watch netflix shows.

recursive 2y ago
But it is easier.

prophesi 2y ago

I used to do that, but now it's $18+ to watch without ads which is a bit much just for one title you're interested in.

standardUser 2y ago
In yesteryear, it was inconceivable to purchase a series to watch for a scant $18.
- williamdclt 2y ago
  That's purchasing, though. Using Netflix is very far from purchasing a media, it's barely renting
  - standardUser 2y ago
    True, but you could rent 3 times for less than the price of the average box set.
    - mrguyorama 2y ago
      Yet in the past, renting the movie you wanted to watch cost a scant couple dollars. Netflix played a shell game with people's idea of value. A $18 Netflix subscription might seem not bad, it's less than an hour's work for most people! But that $2k a year? How many people spent $2k a year buying and renting media? My family spent like $100 a year doing that. The entire point of the subscription model is to take advantage of the way your brain processes value. I've given Spotify like $8k over the course of my subscription. I definitely do not regularly listen to $8k worth of music. If I cut off the long tail of the weird stuff I listen to, I probably listen to less than $500 of music in my lifetime, and very little of that went to the actual artists I like.
      - jogjayr 2y ago
        > But that $2k a year? $18 * 12 = $216
        mrguyorama 2y ago
        In my defense, math is like, really hard. I'm only a whole magnitude off!
- Pfhortune 2y ago
  Netflix is more akin to renting, though.
- malfist 2y ago
  I bought the og battle star series on DVD for $90 in the early 00's. My parents bought most of the MASH seasons and they were a bit cheaper but they were still over $50 per season. But they didn't charge you $18 a month to keep it in your library, it could just sit on a shelf.