Netflix, only cheaper

Jared Newman has a Time article about changes at Netflix:

Netflix is testing a streaming video plan that lets subscribers save a buck every month in exchange for a couple sacrifices.
The $7 per month plan, discovered by AdWeek, lets users stream one video at a time in standard definition only. But right now, it’s only available to a small number of new subscribers. “Not all people will see this option and it may not be something we ever offer generally,” a Netflix spokeswoman told AdWeek.
Netflix’s regular $8 per month plan allows up to two streams at once on a single account, and supports high definition video as well. The company also offers a family plan for $12 per month, allowing up to four streams at once.
Aside from that family plan, which arrived in April, Netflix hasn’t touched its pricing since 2011, when the company split mail-order DVD rentals into a separate $8 per month service. (The DVD service was originally going to be spun off into a new company called Qwikster, but Netflix quickly backtracked on that idea.)
Some analysts have called for Netflix to offer a higher-priced streaming tier with premium content, but CEO Reed Hastings said last year that “we’re a long way from that.”

Rico says he's already gone to the streaming-only version; he'll pass on not getting it in HD...

Fox Van Allen has another Time article about Netflix:

If you’re a Netflix fanatic, be warned: The online movie service will be losing the rights to stream a number of classic films effective 1 January 2014.
As you might expect, a number of the movies Netflix is losing the rights to aren’t worth watching, unless you have unusually fond memories of Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. That said, there are a number of legit classics that you’ll no longer be able to stream in the new year. This is your last chance to catch Being John Malkovich, Braveheart, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Flashdance, Roman Holiday, Platoon, Titanic, and Top Gun on the service. Netflix is also losing the rights to stream the 1951 Disney film Alice in Wonderland, though the movie will continue to be available until 4 January 2014.
A small handful of television shows will be disappearing as well, including the hilarious Canadian sketch comedy show Kids in the Hall and Mr. Bean. Netflix will be losing the rights to Saturday Night Live The 2000s, though you can now view the full SNL back catalogue for free at Yahoo.
The full list of films disappearing on 1 January 2014, according to Reddit:

• The Rundown
• Brick
• Being John Malkovich
• Back To School
• Battle Of Britain
• Born On the Fourth Of July
• Braveheart
• Body Of Evidence
• Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
• Man On The Moon
• Lionheart
• 1492 Conquest Of Paradise
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
• FX
• Do The Right Thing
• Desperado
• Up In Smoke
• Can’t Hardly Wait
• Capote
• Biloxi Blues
• Seed Of Chucky
• Jarhead
• As Good As It Gets
• In The Name Of The Father
• Inside Deep Throat (documentary)
• I’m Gonna Get You Sucka
• In Like Flint
• Hard Target
• Foxy Brown
• Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
• Gallipoli
• Half Baked
• Flashdance
• 50 First Dates
• For The Love Of The Game
• The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
• The Bad News Bears
• The Russia House
• The Secret Of Nimh
• Revenge OF The Ninja
• Roman Holiday
• Rob Roy
• Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
• Remo Williams
• Requiem For A Dream
• Quigley Down Under
• Pumpkinhead
• Platoon
• Once Upon A Time In Mexico
• October Sky
• Mystery Men
• The Skulls
• Titanic
• Ronin
• Romeo And Juliet (1968)
• Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood
• Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight
• The Woman In Red
• Top Gun
• Street Fighter
• TNT Jackson
• Serpico
• Seed Of Chucky
• Scary Movie
• Running Scared
• Troll II
• True Grit (1969)
• War And Peace
• Talk Radio
• War Games
• We Were Soldiers
• What Dreams May Come
• Windtalkers
• World Trade Center
• The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes
• The Odd Couple (1968)
• The Mask Of Zorro
• The Great Train Robbery
• The Faculty
• The Dream Team
• Best Of Times
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
• Species

Rico says there are a few on this list that he'd miss, but not many...