Netflix Makes Me Happy. Netflix Makes Me Sad. Either Way I Still Have a Subscription.
Yesterday, it dawned on me that I'm ****ing up the music industry.
It made me think on how my consumer behavior is effecting the movie industry as well.
I have to say that I do still monetarily support the traditional workings of the movie industry, unlike my non-monetary support of the traditional workings of the music industry.
For instance, I still pay to see a movie in the movie theaters from time to time.
And, I have a Netflix subscription, which is guaranteed dollars out of my wallet on a monthly basis.
The funny thing is that Netflix's content distribution sucks. And, I still pay on a monthly basis.
Why does it suck? Because they send me DVDs in the mail. In. The. Mail. The turnaround on getting a new Netflix DVD in the mail after watching and mailing one takes anywhere from two, three and sometimes four days.
At one time I thought this distribution system was awesome but now with all the online video streaming I do it seems pretty slow and chunky getting DVDs in the mail. (Note: I use a Mac so I can't use their online streaming option, which is only available to PC users. Doesn't bother me too much since their online streaming option only works with a very limited number of movies.)
Why do I put up with this slow and chunky service? Because Netflix has a wonderfully extensive collection of DVDs. It seems that they have every movie, TV show, etc, ever put on DVD. That's the one and only reason... massive amounts of content.
I haven't found any other service that has Netflix's extensive collection of DVDs? Especially not a service that streams the same extensive collection online.
If I did find a service that streamed a Netflix-like collection of movies online for the same monthly rate I would switch in a heartbeat.
This Netflix post has me thinking about the music industry again. Stay tuned.
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