Postcards from an Idle Mind

Et tu, Netflix?

Apparently we aren’t paying enough to get both streaming video and DVDs, so Netflix is going to fix that disparity for us and raise the price.  Starting in September, if you want a plan that includes both DVDs and streaming, you’d better be prepared to pay more.

I’m not shocked.  The DVD side of the Netflix business model is the expensive one.  I understand that.  But my question is when are they going to make everything available on the streaming?  Because I’ll just be fine with that.  I don’t need the actual disc.  In fact, it’s a huge pain in the ass to me.  It ends up sitting on my counter for a month before one of us realizes there’s a Netflix movie to be watched and then one of us feels obligated to watch it while the other one has no desire to see it.  Half the time they end up getting sent back unwatched.

But it’s the principle…