In this last year I am more glad than ever that my mom has bought and hoarded DVDs and VHSs like a dragon on a pile of gold. 

As of late I have  immediately gone to the boxes in our garage full of movies before I go to streaming services when I want to watch an older movie. I got tired of looking up where to watch a specific movie, and seeing that it was only available on Amazon, Vudu or Apple TV. I recently wanted to binge all the old Men In Black Movies, and despite only having been added to HBO Max earlier this year, they had already been removed.

Streaming services have been treating their libraries of movies and shows as if it were a revolving door, constantly adding and removing their content on a regular basis. What’s the point in paying for so many streaming services if half the time when I want to watch a movie or show I have no idea which one has it, or if it even has it.

On top of the inconsistent libraries, the streaming services have been proposing adding new packages to make up for lost revenue. Disney+, which was advertised at launch as a streaming service without ads, is now reporting that it will have an $8 version with ads, which is close to its original price, and the ad free version will be $11. 

The acting and writing talent, you know the ones responsible for creating the media we like, were  getting paid next to nothing for their work as far as streaming residuals go. Writers are being paid more, a recent change thanks to the writers strike, and it appears that will be the case for actors as well, but it shouldn’t have been that way in the first place.