Eric Zorn: Bye bye Netflix

I canceled our Netflix membership the other day after my wife and I came to the long overdue realization that we're just not Netflix people. We thought we were. The online movie-rental company is an ideal service for busy consumers who are just far enough behind in their movie-watching not to need to have the newest video releases available at moment's notice, and who are well organized enough to set up a list on the computer of films they'd like to see. As you probably know, for a modest monthly charge, Netflix sends you rental DVDs in the mail, and provides a handy, postage-paid return envelope. When you're done watching, you pop the DVD back in the mail and, just a few days later, the next movie on the list you have created shows up in your mailbox. No need to go to Blockbuster or some other rental outlet to get the movie... [read full story]