12-05-2012, 12:53 AM
I'd be curious to see you cancel Netflix, but then keep track of money spent on alternatives. I'd be willing to bet you'd spend 3-5 times more. Even though this extra money likely gets you digital purchases, they are all DRM based so you never really "own" them and 20 years from now they'll be worthless one way or another (if they don't simply become obsolete then the central store that controls the DRM for the movies you bought may be defunct).
Netflix's top competitor is probably "piracy", but then you're just wasting time instead of money, trying to work around all the pitfalls of pirate sites (mislabeled movies, shitty quality, missing pieces, the only person who has it shared out is apparently on a 2400 baud modem, etc).
I did finally cancel cable, too. I don't miss it. Netflix + Hulu with the occasional addition from Amazon covers my TV time. My queue still has dozens of hours of things to watch that I can't seem to find time for.
Netflix's top competitor is probably "piracy", but then you're just wasting time instead of money, trying to work around all the pitfalls of pirate sites (mislabeled movies, shitty quality, missing pieces, the only person who has it shared out is apparently on a 2400 baud modem, etc).
I did finally cancel cable, too. I don't miss it. Netflix + Hulu with the occasional addition from Amazon covers my TV time. My queue still has dozens of hours of things to watch that I can't seem to find time for.