The Netflix Streaming Price Trap

Oh, Netflix, how far you have fallen. In a matter of months the Netflix name has plummeted from a semi-ubiquitous provider of all things entertaining on virtually every device with a screen, to an "it-will-do-for-now-while-I-shop-for-something-better" service. Sigh. With the recent shift in pricing ...

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