Netflix Rant… Sort of.
No this rant isn’t about the price increase. In fact i think people who complained about the price increase need to get their priorities straight. It was a $6 increase. If you can’t afford $6 a month then you should probably cancel the service all together. Netflix raised the prices because they want to improve their streaming service and phase out their disk service. Simple as that. Change is good. Welcome to the 21st century.
With that said, my main problem with Netflix lately has been the reliability of the disks. They just can’t seem to send me disks that work. That irritates the crap out of me simply because the ONLY reason i have the disk service is because they don’t stream new content. If they did I, along with most everyone else i believe, would cancel the disk service immediately.
The problem i’m having actually exemplifies why Netflix is phasing out their disk service. It’s costly, it’s unreliable, and it’s based on OLD technology. The internet is THE future of content delivery. The only reason we can’t stream everything right now is because of the monopoloy on good content. The entertainment industry is fighting tooth and nail to milk every penny out of the legacy disk business before it finally dies.
People who bash streaming services such as Netflix are obviously out of touch with reality. In 5 or 10 years Disks will be viewed the same way we view cassette tapes, vinyl records, and the phonograph; Irrelevant old technology.
That said, with all of the problems i have with Netflix’s disks i still have the greatest respect for the company. I think they are heading in the right direction. I just hope they can hold out and win the battle against the old farts who control the Entertainment business. I think we will all be better off when that day comes.
Anyways, that’s just my 2 cents. Take it for whatever you think its worth.
Matt Keller
