I simply cancelled Netflix and it feels nice
However whereas wanting over my payments this week and seeing Netflix’s $22 month-to-month cost (that’s $19.99 plus tax), one thing snapped. I noticed that the associated fee doesn’t make sense for the way little I’ve been utilizing the service recently, and on the very least it’s time to take a break.
My TV watching has drifted elsewhere
Netflix has a Viewing Exercise web page on its web site the place you possibly can see the whole lot you watched in chronological order. Taking a look at our household’s watch historical past has been illuminating.
The final time I logged a full season of a Netflix present was at first of 2026, when my household binge-watched everything of Stranger Issues. My spouse, who’s often the larger Netflix watcher, hasn’t dedicated to a Netflix present because the newest Bridgerton season in March. She did begin doing the mother-daughter Gilmore Women factor within the spring, till Netflix stopped licensing the present on the finish of June.
These days I’ve gravitated towards Apple TV as an alternative. It has extra of the status TV vibe that Netflix as soon as did (again when Netflix was making an attempt to be HBO as an alternative of cable). Whereas Apple TV’s Silo and Widow’s Bay have each come up in conversations with buddies (and we’re fairly invested in Silo already), I can’t recall the final time somebody raved to me a few Netflix unique.
Clearly, everybody’s tastes and algorithms are totally different, however after I take a look at Apple’s high 10 reveals proper now, the combo of genres is extra attention-grabbing to me, with numerous sci-fi and comedy alongside the requisite dramas and thrillers. Netflix’s high 10 leans extra closely into the latter camp. Additionally, Apple TV gives 4K video with Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR at no extra price. Netflix fees an additional $7 per 30 days.
In the meantime, I’ve discovered myself turning to YouTube to play the position of time killer. As a substitute of shuffling by Netflix’s catalog after I’m undecided what to look at, I’ll discover some standup comedy clips, reside music highlights, or baseball evaluation.
