The last disc will be shipped on September 29th 2023 after 25 years of service.
After an incredible 25 year run, we’ve made the difficult decision to wind down at the end of September. Our goal has always been to provide the best service for our members, but as the DVD business continues to shrink, that’s going to become increasingly difficult. Making 2023 our Final Season allows us to maintain our quality of service through the last day and go out on a high note.
TIL Netflix does DVDs
That’s how they started out. In 2007 I had the seven-at-a-time package because my wife and I would watch a movie a night. Shipping took 3-4 days, so by the time I got to number 7, I’d have only had it for 3 or four days before it went straight back into the mailbox.
It was a different time. As fast as things were starting to go, in retrospect it was all still pretty slow.
I used to use it in college! we rented probably 1 movie every 1 or 2 months ever, idk if it was even worth the subscription price, but it was a lot of fun. I think they already had the streaming service then, so I was using it for that too maybe? Not too sure tbh, but I def remember using it for dvd rentals.
And yeah it was so so so convenient, the envelope was its own return envelope because it was sticky in 2 places and opened super easily. I remember being really impressed by the engineering/design.