Finally Canceled My Netflix Account

What was the final straw?

darkpast



That's a good point as at $16 a month that's pretty much wasting $, especially long term, simply because everyone will eventually run out of stuff worth seeing. NOTE: I tend to be of the mindset that there is not much worth re-watching in general (maybe 20% or so of everything I have seen is worth re-watching with 10%-ish max being good enough to call a favorite movie or thereabouts) and re-watch factor is where movies are ultimately made or broke.

I also tend to see it a bit like this, putting aside the fact that I don't like streaming movies in general, as at $16 a month, if we put re-watching aside(which I would since it would be better just to get a movie for cheap on BluRay etc if you really enjoy a movie), how many movies are worth seeing after you have already seen plenty of movies? ; not many (which makes that $16 even more expensive and no longer seems like a decent price). like for a rough example... even if you figure $2-3 a movie you would have to see about 5-8 movies MINIMUM per month (which would be $15-16 @ $2-3 each) just to start to justify that $16 cost (like to roughly break even) and would probably have to go a fair amount beyond that to really start getting your moneys worth to where it's a bit more in your favor and not them, to ball park things a bit.

or another way to see it... that's $192 a year and it's hard to justify spending that every single year on movies as one would be better off buying movies (on BluRay) they like at that price as if one keeps on doing $192 a year on movies you will definitely be on the losing side of that long term in terms of strictly movies. I realize one could say with TV shows you can recoup a bit of that $, but still, even that will eventually fade as once you reach a certain point you have largely exhausted seeing all of the quality stuff. so if someone has not seen many movies etc, then in this case that $16 will seem like a great bargain for a while but that will eventually fade (unless your that type who's easily pleased. but after you have seen plenty of movies you start to really notice the difference between the true gems vs just-another-movie sort of thing).

or another way to compare that $192 yearly Netflix cost in comparison to having movies on BluRay... even if we figure about $20-ish per movie on BluRay that would pretty much give you a minimum of 10 movies one could buy per year and it would likely be more since plenty of movies should be under $20 and I suspect plenty are around $10. so even if that figure was something around 20 movies a year (using the $10-ish standard per movie) that's still quite a few movies and not only that you can watch those whenever you want and don't have to worry about losing those from cancelling your Netflix account and that's just ONE YEAR. so if you do that $16 over a few years time, for example... that price goes to $576 (at the least and could be higher if they continue to raise their prices) and with that kind of money one could likely buy a good portion of the quality movies out there to watch whenever they want on BluRay (which is the best) since plenty are probably around $5-10 range.

but with that said... even for those who generally like Netflix (and the like) would probably be better off only subscribing for a month once in a while as then you could see what you want while keeping costs down etc. basically a bit more efficient use of ones $ this way.

so while I don't know about everyone else... since I tend to re-watch plenty of movies (I re-watch more movies than movies I have seen for the first time in general and it's been like this for many years now (see "p.s" below)) I always want to have a copy of a movie I can watch whenever I want to without requiring a internet connection to view it. plus, with Netflix I heard they sometimes remove movies from there which could be a problem if you want to re-watch a movie and it's not available that would make me dislike the service even more. but I guess one could probably make some arguments in Netflix favor like someone could say it's only $16 a month to have access to plenty of movies when you want which could sound better to some vs trying to buy their favorites on BluRay, especially if they have plenty to buy, as it could be more of a convenience thing in why some prefer Netflix over having a physical BluRay disc. but personally I tend to be of the mindset I would rather build a BluRay collection of my favorites than use some crap like Netflix as it's better in the long term in my mind. hell, one could use a combo... like generally buy movies on BluRay you consider favorites etc but for a month or so every once in a while (say 2-3 months out of the year) could use Netflix to possible find more stuff worth buying on Bluray etc etc. I am sure people could come up with some good arguments for both but I definitely favor having a physical disc over a streaming service in general.

just some random thoughts

p.s. just from Jan 1st 2012 through Apr 2019, so 7 years 4 months of movie viewing time, my re-watch vs first viewing percentage come out like this... First Viewings = 41.5% (772 movies) vs Re-watches = 58.5% (1087 movies) ; that's why I figure I have been re-watching more movies than movies I see for the first time for probably 10+ years now in terms of majority percentages.

Are you doing disc and streaming? I'm pretty sure I'm not doing $16 a month for just streaming.

I just canceled streaming. I'll stick with discs but I don't know for how long. They don't have a very long list of new releases or coming soon.

They've had some truly good original content come out in the last year or two. That's why I'll hang on (streaming only). That and the availability of a staggering amount of stand-up comedy specials and documentaries. I could use some more classic sci-fi and horror, but for the price of a couple of beers a month, I feel like I'm getting what I pay for.

BBC docs, Trailer Park Boys, Arrested Development, The Office, soooo much stand-up comedy, original content (like Stranger Things or Black Mirror), the Twilight Zone, a few blockbusters I was sort of indifferent to see that are just easier to see while cooling on the couch. The content is pretty solid in my opinion.

Still kind of pissed they got rid of my "Always Sunny in Philadelphia", but you can't have it all I guess.

darkpast





OrsonSwelles



100% agreed!