we'll see what happens.

Running through the instant watcher list of what is about to expire is pretty depressing.

There won't be much left to watch.

They want their own tightly controlled movie streaming service that they use to gouge the public for every penny they've got.

Can't charge only $10/mo for movies. Why they'd rather have us paying $80, $120, more for the same thing.

Oh well, there's always Pirate Bay... I don't feel the slightest twinge of guilt for stealing from those scumfucks.

Netflix gives the studios an opportunity to get a small residual revenue stream from old titles that are no longer going to make them any money elsewhere. That was fine with them until Netflix started growing.

Now, like the greedy bastards they are, the content providers are demanding more and more money from Netflix, essentially making it impossible for the company to pay their licensing fees and still generate enough cash to make a profit without upping monthly fees through the roof.

But instant streaming is too damn convenient to go away. If the content providers succeed in choking off Netflix, illegal operators will move into this space in a major way. And it will serve the studios right.

it seems that a lot of Netflix subscribers are not happy and are cancelling their memberships.

I hear that it has the entire Criterion Collection available for viewing...

but only 4 of the 89 titles in my instant queue are being removed. Must be an odd list.

Not as excited about the TV offerings in general, but they do have Anthony Bourdain, Arrested Development, Mad Men, and the X-Files. Also the miniseries Wild China and some other BBC nature shows.

Only eight of my 206 titles are disappearing.

I am rarely interested in seeing Top Ten titles anymore. They tend to be aimed at kids and/or teenagers.

the expiration date.

If there are no tags, nothing is expiring for you.

I use this site to pick movies and TV for my queue, so I have lots of expiring choices.

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/expiring

That and old Frontlines and American Experience.

That's why I cancelled yesterday.

profits. They would love to charge close to the 10$ that it currently costs to go see a movie in the theater for each movie streamed.