As somebody who has been using Netflix since before they even had streaming as an option, I think a lot of people really over-inflate how good the offering was on streaming unless you just loved watching reruns of cable television from the 90s and 2000s.
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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 months agoThat’s asking for early Netflix back
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 months ago
snooggums@midwest.social 2 months ago
It wasn’t just the content, it was the delivery of watching whatever you chose whenever you chose and wherever you chose for a reasonable monthly fee. Even without a massive catalogue it was 1000 times better than cable and the existing services that charged stupidly high fees for on demand temporary access.
It did have a lot of movies in addition to the series though, even if I had seen most of them because they started with the popular ones.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 months ago
Honestly, what I miss most about early Netflix was the insane library they had of documentaries
snooggums@midwest.social 2 months ago
Good documentaries from quality sources too! Like Planet Earth!
Not the sensationalist garbage they put out under their brand now.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yeah I guess I’m overstating my case a bit. But still, when it was the place for legal streaming the piracy numbers were at an all time low. Turns out people don’t mind paying a fair sum for good availability and convenience.
mrsemi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I used to get porn DVDs via US Mail from Netflix.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Sounds good to me
Boingboing@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Early Netflix was great. I stopped pirating. I guess it has been a good 10 years but it’s back to the high seas now.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 months ago
Having access to every Star Trek ever was great, but Netflix's recommendation algorithm was top notch. It gave me things I would never have sought out but loved anyway.
But since Netflix started just pushing their own shit, regardless of whether I'd like it or whether I'd already watched it or whether it was literally cancelled by Netflix it's enshittified to the point I don't know why I still pay for it.