The Netflix DVD library that was

Jim Vorel, writing about the Netflix DVD library that was:

We traded in a library of 100,000 titles for one that currently has less than 4,000 — and we’re never going to get the former back. There’s no telling how long even the gutted version of DVD.com (Netflix’s DVD spin-off) will continue to operate, but I imagine I’ll be going down with the ship, still nostalgic for its glory days.

Not me. Our household left Netflix some time ago. We rejoin for a month when there’s more Stranger Things.

Vorel’s commentary is worth reading, but I have to point out his publisher’s cynical trick of loading the URL with words chosen to generate traffic about DVD.com doom. The title of the commentary: “The Former Netflix DVD Library Is a Lost Treasure We’ll Never See Again.” But the URL that goes with it:

www.pastemagazine.com/movies/netflix/netflix-dvd-service-plan-subscribers-discontinued-closing

That’s why I haven’t linked. The URL is there if you want it.