Update, 9/19 @ 10:35am — I’m not saying that DVDs will beat out streaming. I don’t want that either. In the metaphor, Qwikster would die a 70-year long, heartbroken, painful death. With a diamond, but still. I’m saying that until Netflix gets a better catalog, there’s no point in it when I already have Amazon’s movie service free with Prime.
This morning, Netflix announced that they’re splitting into two companies: one for streaming ("Netflix") and one for DVD-by-mail ("Qwikster").
Just Like In That Movie
It’s like that part in Titanic where Kate Winslet (playing the role of Qwikster here) is on the shoddy floatation device and Leonardo DiCaprio (Netflix) is in the water, shivering and freezing.
Qwikster lives to be a very old woman with diamonds.
Netflix is dead in the water.
And If You Don’t Know What I’m Talking About
I hope you don’t have Netflix, because that movie isn’t available for streaming.
(To be fair, it’s not available on Amazon’s Instant Video either, but Amazon does have Titanic 2, which sounds pretty hilarious. Titanic 2 is also not available for streaming on Netflix.)
