Hi all,
I just received notification that beginning in August, my Netflix service will go up to $10/month. I am questioning whether this extra expense is worth the value I receive. I don't pay for TV/cable other than this.
On the cancel side: there are spans of days where I don't watch anything. I waste time watching things when retroactively I feel I would have preferred to do something else but it it's easy to just watch something. I will often have times where the "reception" messes up and the picture/sound isn't synced or just gets really choppy and freezes (whether this is their fault or comcast's is irrelevant for this discussion) so I'm paying for something I can't use. I have movies in my queue that I think I'll watch "someday" but are still in there a year later because I'm never in the mood. They don't have all the movies I actually want to watch. They have a lot of stuff that I have absolutely no interest in watching, including most of their original stuff. When I do watch stuff I often multi-tastk because it's not interesting enough to hold my interest.
On the keep side:it's fairly cheap entertainment (although obviously less so with this increase), available with minimal effort (nothing to return or I'll get fined so if I don't use it I don't have to run out and make a return), keeps me connected to the few shows that I and my friends/coworkers watch so we can discuss and bond, there are a couple of Netflix shows that I really like (but the new seasons probably won't be out for another year), they have all the seasons of some older shows I really like that my library doesn't and that I definitely enjoy rewatching, they have movies I like and watch and don't feel the "need" to own because they have it and I can try a movie or documentary and either really enjoy it or turn it off and it's no loss. Plus, my sister occasionally uses my account and I enjoy doing this for her (but she doesn't enjoy it $120/yr worth)
So I'm leaning towards cancelling but I need tips for combating the withdrawals I think will kick in. Or just living life without Netflix. I know this sounds melodramatic but I've had it for years; what do I do instead?
More nails in the coffin of why to quit would help; you all are always so insightful!
Sonja