Our family's been having trouble with defective cracked Netflix DVDs for years. Now we find 1/3 of all the DVDs we receive, and 1/2 of the PG movies, are defective. This is a major bummer because we don't do TV, much less Cable. Three DVDs a week is it.
We'd switch to Netflix streaming, but it's been a bust for us. Netflix's streaming market is not PG-13 and under.
So we've had no love for Netflix, even before they raised prices. The future is not brighter - today Netflix lost a contract with Starz, a major content provider.
Now we miss Blockbuster. Too bad Netflix did 'em in.
I don't think things will get better in the near term; there's a big fight brewing between cable, content producers, copyright holders and the rest -- Amazon and Netflix, with Apple lurking in the wings. Not to mention the bit torrent gang (go Pirates!).
I think we'll drop down to a single Netflix DVD a week, timing it so we can return a defective one before the kids weekend movie slots come along. We'll try dabbling in Amazon streaming to the Mac (Flash, yech). Too bad Apple isn't really in this game.
Can you even use Netflix in spite of the usual 'fair use' clauses?
ReplyDeleteI think if I actually read all the contracts I've signed I couldn't touch anything made after 1960.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the trick in this one Martin? Something like only the account holder is allowed to view the video?
I wrote a blog post about "retina lock" and the future of DRM back in 2005 --
http://notes.kateva.org/2005/11/apple-discussions-flaw-in-itunes-2.html