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netflix's pricw changes

YoursTrulyYoursTruly
edited July 2011
aaarrrghhh fuck you netflix!!!!!

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  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    Honestly, it was shockingly cheap before for streaming + DVDs.

  • 12341234
    I WANT BOTH!!!! Boo!
  • ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
    this is a tough call. i use streaming way more than i get DVDs, but i am very aware that i watch a lot of bad stuff on instant view. instant view is a lot like channel surfing. perhaps it's time to get reacquainted with my local video store.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    yeah, there are so many things i want to watch that arent on streaming.....yet the full tv seasons and the random surfing surprises of streaming are such a joy!

    alas
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Hm, well I had the 2 dvd plan, so this really just means I'll go down to 1 dvd for the same price, and since I'm always so slow at watching and returning, it won't really make a big difference in my life.
  • ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
    things are changing fast and furiously in terms of streaming. netflix is loosing it's hold and the rest of the pack is quickly catching up. it won't be long before we can subscribe to HBO via streaming, and for that i am very excited. the nice thing about netflix is that they are month to month, if they wanted a long term commitment my answer would be an easy no.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    but HBO wont have "a little bit of everything" like netflix, right???

    love that little bit of everything......
  • DeathDeath
    edited July 2011
    Inter-library loan works pretty much as well as the physical DVD netflix deal. You have to get off your ass and go to your public library, but other than that I haven't ever found anything it couldn't get. Most libraries even let you order online now, and they'll just email you when your DVD comes in. If you have access to a school library it works even better because of the Oregon and Washington Summit system.
    I guess there are late fees...

    ^INSIDER SECRETZ
  • joeyjoey
    This might be another good reason for me to go into a BOOK CAVE.
    At my house we've been discussing disconnecting the internet. I go from one extreme to the other. Streaming television is so awesome in the winter, but so is a BOOK CAVE.
    I drool when I think of actually reading the books on my shelf. I have a lot of catching up to do. I want to go in a BOOK CAVE, at least for a week.
    I sort of feel like I have finally caught up with every mainstream movie, every TV show I could ever possibly want to watch.
    BOOK CAVE.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    yeah

    i imagine lying on a carpet
    in front of an endless wall of books
  • DeathDeath
    edited July 2011
    Raw Shark Texts = fun book that has a large chunk that takes place within a book cave.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    i love a book cave.
    there was just an article somewhere about how the dying breed of Legitimate Know-it-Alls (barzun, trilling, et al) were able to become the way they are because of "no electronic distractions." I really feel this. If I have 4 hours of freetime I might spend it all farting around reading the onion or writing emails, which, dont get me wrong, is awesome. But the Intellectual Dinosaurs of a Bygone Age spent their freetime ONLY READING. With that kind of time, you COULD read all of plato in the original greek, etc.

    we live in a different time, and thats fine/normal/just how history works, but part of me does long for the book caves of yore. FOCUSED, LONG-TERM LEARNING, instead of the amazingly widely-varying but ultimately piecemeal educations we receive from the internet.

  • freddyfreddy
    ILL at Multcolib is only for books, no periodicals or DVDs.
  • DeathDeath
    edited July 2011
    That sucks. That is not the case at the library I work at.
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    a tweet i saw:

    "How dare Netflix charge more than $10 for EVERY MOVIE IN THE WORLD."
  • Judar_SpitzerJudar_Spitzer
    I will probably just switch to all streaming. It's what I use most. But I kind of agree with that tweet-- compared to how much cable television costs it seems like a great deal to me. Very different services, I suppose, but still.
  • freddyfreddy
    Since they don't charge me for ILL privileges, I don't see that it is their job to physically transport DVDs around for me. That is what Netflix is for! ILL should be reserved for things that are actually impossible to get another way or at reasonable expense. Like all my German novels...
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    edited July 2011
    But that would get in the way of the library's new role. The library's new role is Free Blockbuster.
    Joking... ex-library staffer
  • ManInTheIvoryTowerManInTheIvoryTower
    Netflix is smart. The result of this will be a ton of people downgrading or cancelling their DVD-based subscriptions and keeping/switching to streaming plans. The amount of money flowing into movie distributors via traditional channels goes down, the amount of money flowing in via streaming media goes up. Pretty soon more things are available via streaming.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
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  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    i guess i don't think the price is too high, objectively, but it'd too high for me and now I don't know how to choose!! I guess streaming is the only real choice, then use library/remaining video stores for what's not streaming. Just is sad! So many movies aren't on streaming, will they be lost forever???

    of course a lot of the movies we want to watch aren't held by netflix at all, so whatever.
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  • lml__0_0__lmllml__0_0__lml
    furthermore, a bunch of people on my FB feed have been posting about it and my favorite response so far is

    "whats a netflix?"
  • lml__0_0__lmllml__0_0__lml
    def worth 1-2 lulz
  • ManInTheIvoryTowerManInTheIvoryTower
    That is exactly what my household is doing bookhouseboyP: cancelling the Netflix DVDs and dusting off the Movie Madness and Clinton Street Video membership cards.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    We are excited about this! Returning to a land where there are legit rental stores!
    Gary in particular is very excited.
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