A Question For Netflix: WT Flying F?
I have not been one to bitch about every change companies attempt in their whimsical attempt to maximize shareholder value. Ah, but there are limits.
I've been sending them subscription money for years. Nine years in fact. In that time, I've enjoyed the service, especially the streaming.
Until today.
For some ball-sucking reason, Netflix has decided to drop shows I've had on my streaming wish list including the very first one I listed. (I was only a ten or so shows from finishing the series, and ironically slowed my watching because I couldn't bear to end the run.) In all, eight shows disappeared as of midnight last night. What really pisses The Wife™ and I off to no end is that the notices that these shows would go appeared a mere month before their demise, and only the enigmatic "Until Jan 31" announced this change without the fanfare it deserves. We learned tonight that January 31, the day we were going to marathon on a series we almost finished was not the day, but the day after they were disappeared.
No official notice was issued. Google searches fail to reveal any notice. (If anyone can find one, I would appreciate it.) As far as I can tell, this happened with a whisper and not the bang it deserves.
Yes, yes, I know I can get the discs. The trouble with discs is simply that they are discs, and not the on-demand watching option the streaming offers. I tend to reserve discs for movies; perhaps that is a bias I can abandon by necessity only. Series have far too many discs; watching a series on streaming has the further benefit of keeping track of viewing better than the discs.
I seriously think Netflix is trying to self-destruct through stumbling incompetence. First their mad-cow decision raise rates without consulting the users, then to split the company between discs and streaming, then this crap.
Anyone else notice Netflix silliness?
I've been sending them subscription money for years. Nine years in fact. In that time, I've enjoyed the service, especially the streaming.
Until today.
For some ball-sucking reason, Netflix has decided to drop shows I've had on my streaming wish list including the very first one I listed. (I was only a ten or so shows from finishing the series, and ironically slowed my watching because I couldn't bear to end the run.) In all, eight shows disappeared as of midnight last night. What really pisses The Wife™ and I off to no end is that the notices that these shows would go appeared a mere month before their demise, and only the enigmatic "Until Jan 31" announced this change without the fanfare it deserves. We learned tonight that January 31, the day we were going to marathon on a series we almost finished was not the day, but the day after they were disappeared.
No official notice was issued. Google searches fail to reveal any notice. (If anyone can find one, I would appreciate it.) As far as I can tell, this happened with a whisper and not the bang it deserves.
Yes, yes, I know I can get the discs. The trouble with discs is simply that they are discs, and not the on-demand watching option the streaming offers. I tend to reserve discs for movies; perhaps that is a bias I can abandon by necessity only. Series have far too many discs; watching a series on streaming has the further benefit of keeping track of viewing better than the discs.
I seriously think Netflix is trying to self-destruct through stumbling incompetence. First their mad-cow decision raise rates without consulting the users, then to split the company between discs and streaming, then this crap.
Anyone else notice Netflix silliness?