Oh, Netflix. What the hell? Here's a breakdown of my gripe:
- When we joined ten months ago, streaming and DVDs were part of the same plan for $7.99
- A couple months later, it increased a buck
- A couple months after that, it increased another buck
- No biggie; I'm cool with that
- BUT
- Starting Sept. 1, Netflix is separating their streaming and DVD plans, each now costing $7.99
- Which sucks
- Because you actually need both plans to make Netflix worth it
- The streaming selection is pretty crappy, unless you like kids' TV shows and don't mind the "retrieving" messages that show up way too often at the worst possible moments
- The DVD selection is better, but there's waiting involved, so we average like four movies a month
- See? The streaming supplements the DVDs, and the DVDs supplement the streaming
- But $16 a month?
- I think not
- So we've let our DVD plan go
- Last night we decided to watch a movie
- We watched AVALON HIGH, a made for Disney Channel extravaganza
- Because that was our best option
- And you know what?
- FOUR "retrieving" messages
- And a really crappy movie
- Is this what we get to look forward to now?
- I don't really want to let it go because we don't have cable and the kids like to watch the shows from Nick and Disney
- And I suppose you could argue that we don't watch a lot of movies anyway
- But if Avalon High is the best that streaming can do for us
- Then we might need to rethink this whole ordeal
500 Miles to Memphis, "The Regret." Because the good times we had are gone and they ain't coming back.
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