Nothing sounds more relaxing than making a cup of hot chocolate, popping some popcorn and watching a comfort holiday movie before the stress of finals kicks in. You log onto a streaming service to set up the movie, but WAIT, suddenly an ADVERTISEMENT pops up halfway through your movie and totally ruins the vibe. Sound familiar? This very scenario happened to me last week, and it was my final straw. I’m so sick of streaming platforms now having ridiculously long advertisements multiple times during the movie or show I want to watch. I already pay a monthly subscription to get access to all the shows and movies on there, so why would I want to upgrade my plan just to not have ads?
Remember the good old days of DVD players? When you wanted to watch a movie as a kid, all you had to do was convince your parents to pay a one time fee of under 20 bucks for the actual hard copy of the movie or TV show, and then you were set for life. The most annoying part was you and your siblings arguing over which movie to watch and having to blow on the disc if it became scratched. Fortunately, my parents saved all of our old CDs, and we still have our DVD player, so I’ve decided to transition back to the days of the early 2000s and watch movies and shows via CDs.
The great thing is if you haven’t saved your DVDs from childhood, places such as Second and Charles sell them at prices under 10 dollars, or look to your local library and borrow them for free.
I know I’m not the only one that has made the transition back to older forms of media. My social media feed has shown multiple users expressing their aggravation of having to pay for advertisements, especially on services such as Netflix who used to pride themselves on not having advertisements. Due to this, many have said they have already made the switch to DVDs. Unfortunately capitalism has changed company policies due to greed from CEOs wanting ads to make the company money and not caring about up-charging their users, so they won’t be going away anytime soon.
Instead, be reminded of simpler times and join the people who have started to use DVDs again.
