Subj : Re: Bye Netflix
To   : Arelor
From : Avon
Date : Fri Jan 07 2022 14:54:47

On 06 Jan 2022 at 05:43p, Arelor pondered and said...
 
 Ar> My father just dropped Amazon Prime because everything they have is
 Ar> either crap or shit. Or is behind a secondary paywall.

The only thing I think I wanted to watch on Amazon was The Expanse... which I think I saw 2 seasons on Netflix then it disappeared off to Amazon... I think... but that was not enough to get me to pay to join that platform.

They really pushed the former Top Gear guys as the reason to sign up, but I found them ho hum and have not been motivated to watch the old show in a new guise either on Amazon or the current BBC version of top gear...

 Ar> We have a MASSIVE DVD library. We also have a MASSIVE VHS library (which
 Ar> we have digitized) so it does not make any sense to pay for crappy
 Ar> content. Specially because most content placed in streaming platforms
 Ar> nowadays are shovelware (stuff lumped into the platform with no regard
 Ar> towards its quality).

I totally agree, and wish my DVD library was better than it is.

 Ar> I know people keeps saying optical media is obsolete, but the more I
 Ar> suffer streaming services, the more I miss the DVD stores I used to
 Ar> visit as a kid. Nowadays only online sellers remain with good catalogues.

I do too, we lost our last one here in Dunedin only in the last 24 months :(

Let me know if you recommend any good online sellers... although I may have issues with either regional locking or just getting it shipped here I guess :)

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