Streaming is real great
But Qwikster is real stupid
Prob won't lose my cash

I've been a loyal sub with Netflix since 2004.

A few years back when Netflix first started streaming videos, the president of the company said something like "there is a reason we called the company Netflix and not movies by mail". Their intention was always to go full streaming, they just didn't have the tech or revenue when they started. By splitting the mail and streaming into two companies with different names, I'm pretty sure they will eventually sell off the mail portion so they can focus strictly on streaming.

I personally think both sides are worth it. I pay for 3 movies at a time plus streaming and I watch it way more than my actual cable...and it costs a fraction of my cable bill. The majority of the people who complain about the lack of good movies on the streaming side usually mean "lack of brand new movies". Unfortunately with the greed of the movie companies, they are the ones holding back the brand new stuff. Starz, for example, originally set up the deal with Netflix in 2008 to use their library for 30 million a year. Now when they went to renew their contract, Starz wanted something ridiculous like 300 million a year. I could almost understand them doubling the price (going to 60) but this is ten times the original deal. That's insanely greedy.