Netflix automated its DVD operations

The Netflix DVD service were such a boon to my family and I during its heyday.

We're not native English speakers, and often (even now!) streaming sites don't have Spanish subtitles unless it's a blockbuster movie or show. DVDs always had Spanish subtitles, or at least it was easy to check if they did.

As for me, they let me explore all kinds of film before I discovered torrenting (and even after, for convenience). People remember 2010s Netflix for having everything on streaming, but the DVD service actually had everything! Criterion films, foreign films, random compilations of experimental film. A lot of went over my head but shaped who I am now.

And yeah in an age where almost every online delivery took almost a week, watching a Netflix DVD and getting a new one two or three days later was great.