Sometimes it feels like Netflix runs my life. I have inadvertently stayed up until 4 a.m. on countless occasions to watch whatever show it has me addicted to at that time.

Netflix and I had a good system going, I paid $10 a month for unlimited streaming and I was allowed one DVD in the mail at a time. It was a beautiful relationship, one that I know many other people also shared with Netflix.

That was until I got an email telling me that I could either pay $7.99 for instant streaming, $7.99 for my one DVD or $15 for both of them. Five dollars more a month for something I’ve been paying $10 for? Yeah, I’m not going to pay that.

For customer’s who want two DVD’s in the mail at a time the price is going to go up to $20, for those who want three the price will be $24 and for those who want four the price goes all the way up to $30 a month. So anyone who likes to have options at any one given time but want to get DVD’s in the mail are even more in the weeds than the rest of us with these new price changes.

Being upset over a $5 increase may be a little petty on my part, but I have been extremely loyal to Netflix and turned more than a few people onto it’s brilliance. If it weren’t for my addiction to the Food Network and need to watch all the major sporting events I can, I wouldn’t even pay for cable.

So now we’re all left with a not-so-fun choice to make: instant streaming or DVD’s in the mail?  On the one hand, there is the instant gratification of being able to watch Netflix on my computer or PlayStation whenever I want that is pretty awesome, but on the other hand, the selection is so much smaller than when you can get DVD’s in the mail.

Personally, I’m going to go with my instant streaming because I’m probably one of the most impatient people I’ve ever known, but for people who like a good selection they will no longer have as much to watch in the days between when one DVD leaves their house and the other shows up in the mail.