Or maybe because spam has already been fixed? Very rarely does a spam email end up in my Gmail inbox. Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt your rant, continue.

And yet, here you are. If it was that bad, why don't you just go somewhere else?

I know everyone's talking about Gamefly, but Gametap does the same thing for PC games. Monthly fee, and you can download all you want. I used it for a year, but lately I realized that Steams sales have been more lucrative for me. Spend $30 on a sale, and I'll have it for ever. Lapse my gametap sub, and it's all gone.

How is this an efficient use of resources?

I have to admit, this makes us sound an awful lot like hipsters trying to be on the edge and always being different.

Not be a meme whore, but where's the Cowboy Neal option? I leave for a few years and come back to a world where Slashdot polls don't have a Cowboy Neal option??

Crap, don't remind me. I just flew with a dozen of those in my carry on, and I read most of then during the flight.