OK, so we're a little biased here. But bear with us.
Have you ever put your Netflix account on hold? We just did since the ZOMGPWN! offices are moving soon and we didn't want any of our VIDs (Very Important Discs) to get waylaid in the murky depths of the USPS sorting centers. God forbid we were delayed from watching History Channel documentaries or UFC 55-71 for one extra second.
So, when we pumped the virtual brakes, we noticed that surprisingly kind dev team over at Da Flix threw up a message on the thank you page mentioning we'd still have 'full access' to the Netflix website. "Hmmmm.." we muttered out loud to no one in particular. The office armadillo "Ballmer" surely took no notice of our musing. Then we got distracted by a kick ass hummingbird flying around the courtyard and totally forgot about the whole thing. Seriously, hummingbirds are damn cool.
Anyway, later on, we remembered that vague, leading promise and decided to see how FULL our access really was. Would Netflix still let us stream their rapidly growing catalog of 'Instant' selections even though we weren't paying for physical DVD rentals? That would just make way too much sense to possibly be possible.
So, we dialed up Doug Stanhope's 'No Refunds' just to be mega ironic about the whole thing.. and damn if their sniffer didn't start sniffing us. Works like a champ, chippie.
This MIGHT be cause for the creation of the PWNIES, our very own web awards and Netflix is gonna get the very first one. Regular readers of this site know that we're very, very hard on any corporate entity seeking to aggressively lace down their own virtual coffers since most of the time that involves putting cost considerations over customer considerations. We get the basic tenants of capitalism, the free market economy and cutthroat competition in the DVD rental space. But we also get common sense.
Netflix just blasted us in the face with a double barrel full of it and we're still reeling like Clubber Lang at the end of Rocky III. ZOMGPWN! openly admits that it has no experience with any of the other major rental services but if Netflix keeps this stuff up we might just ask our Grandma to buy us some NFLX shares as our reward for making it all the way through bartender's school.
Who wants a Tom Collins with WAY too much sweet & sour mix? Anybody?
