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I maintained my disc sub to the bitter end. Although I rarely used it, it was frequently the only way to view many older or more obscure films without an outright full-retail-price purchase, and even then, good luck on availability. I lament its passing and worry very much that it's function as a pseudo-film library for the average person is no longer available anywhere. I hear the high seas calling...
I maintained my disc sub to the bitter end. Although I rarely used it, it was frequently the only way to view many older or more obscure films without an outright full-retail-price purchase, and even then, good luck on availability. I lament its passing and worry very much that it's function as a pseudo-film library for the average person is no longer available anywhere. I hear the high seas calling...
> I hear the high seas calling... I found that the high seas are only good for popular films, and that obscure films are very hard to find. I've had better luck at the library.
I maintained my disc sub to the bitter end. Although I rarely used it, it was frequently the only way to view many older or more obscure films without an outright full-retail-price purchase, and even then, good luck on availability. I lament its passing and worry very much that it's function as a pseudo-film library for the average person is no longer available anywhere. I hear the high seas calling...
I got my last one yesterday. I will be off to ebay and a few other stores to get them. On ebay there are people who sell 100 dvd sets for 100 bucks. Wonder how many people dumped their collection because 'i can always get it from netflix'.
it's incredible that a million user business wasn't deemed worthy of maintenance. mega corp churn is incredible.
If someone believes there is still value in it, they can try filling it, but the only other player I see in that market is Redbox (whose business model is kiosks rather than postage), and they probably don't need anything Netflix has to offer.
As much as I dislike the modern tech/business sector, I think this makes perfect sense, even though I have a lot of nostalgia for it, so many good memories from the DVDs I rented over a decade ago.
Netflix prepares to send its final red envelope - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37632096 - Sept 2023 (282 comments)
I maintained my disc sub to the bitter end. Although I rarely used it, it was frequently the only way to view many older or more obscure films without an outright full-retail-price purchase, and even then, good luck on availability. I lament its passing and worry very much that it's function as a pseudo-film library for the average person is no longer available anywhere. I hear the high seas calling...
Genuinely curious whether there were films you found on the DVD service that were inaccessible via your local library loan system (if you are in the US that is, did Netflix ever do the DVD service outside the US though?) Good library systems have a good percentage of DVD released films readily available for free.
The seller sent me a DVD-R in a case with an inkjet printed cover. I went out of my way not to pirate it and ended up doing so anyway. :(
In general though, our library has completely replaced Netflix for our house for ages. It's great.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always:_Sunset_on_Third_Street
I'm honestly surprised there was a viable DVD business that lasted this long.
I do actually miss some of the moments of strolling through my neighborhood video store with my brother and discovering staff-pick movies an algorithm would never put in front of me today. Heck, there were some days where the browsing of movies on shelves was more satisfying than watching the actual pick at home later.
Neflix DVDs became a total lifesaver for me when I originally binged BSG. I became a solid fan at the time.
it's incredible that a million user business wasn't deemed worthy of maintenance. mega corp churn is incredible.
Netflix DVDs could be ripped and shared via P2P with ease. Netflix DRM playback is harder to deal with.
If anything, DVD ripping probably helped Netflix, as subscribers used it to build their own private archives.
I maintained my disc sub to the bitter end. Although I rarely used it, it was frequently the only way to view many older or more obscure films without an outright full-retail-price purchase, and even then, good luck on availability. I lament its passing and worry very much that it's function as a pseudo-film library for the average person is no longer available anywhere. I hear the high seas calling...
For me it's super convenient as I can request that they send a copy (found anywhere in their system) to my local library, and I can bike over to pick it up a few days later.