The problem I have is that they keep removing shows and movies I like while adding original content I don't give a crap about.
That's an argument that they're worth less than they were, which is of course different than saying they're not worth what they cost.
Also, the math is even clearer when you understand there's always the alternative of watching whatever you want for free.
Exactly. Kinda ruins the critique of the product to have, underneath it, the unstated assumption that you can just steal what they're selling.
Amazon Prime Instant has most of what you'd find on Netflix
Man, I don't think this is even close to true, unless you're counting things that require an extra charge, which obviously wouldn't be comparable.
As for Hulu, its television show selection puts Netflix to shame, especially with the many shows you can watch the day after they air on live TV. To be honest, unless you really really love their original content, they don't have much in the way of a edge on their competition.
Hulu costs more, unless you want to sit through ads.
I'm not sure how much better their selection is, either. Since everyone else is cherry-picking: they don't have
Better Call Saul or
Breaking Bad (both on Netflix). They're better for things on TV
right now, but a big part of that edge goes away if you want to see completed shows. And that's just TV, so if you want TV and movies, you'd actually have to pair Hulu with a second service, in which case you're basically paying double what Netflix costs.
Anyway, there's little point in going back and forth on selection when everyone's opinion on it is just "I search now and then and it kinda seems like they have less/more/the same." If that's how you wanna make decisions, go for it, but that can't be extrapolated into a declaration about which actually has better selection. It's too subject to idiosyncrasies in taste.
And no, there's no objective criteria for this, but it should be obvious I'm merely stating my opinion.
Kinda muddies those waters to say it's "obsolete." But as I said, I'm chalking this up to the fact that, on the Internet, seemingly everyone has learned to phrase their opinions as if they were objective facts.