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  big spender mounting to your windows and not wearing the hat.
context: All of these problems are solved by not buying literally the cheapest blinds.
  Spend a bit more and you will get nice looks, better light blocking, good materials, and opening/closing mechanism that feel smooth.
  As for benefits over other blinds: you can control the amount of light that comes in.   You cannot evenly block out 50% of the light with a roller or traditional curtain.  You also don't need to wash them. >
  
  Some strong arguments here, but I often see so many cheap, ineffective Venetian blinds, whereas I can hardly say the same for roller blinds, which are often very effective at their job. 
  It’s no use having all the functionality of the Venetian blinds as a purchase motivation, if people get the cheap installations which hardly let those functions work. 
  I am now on board that an upper end Venetian blind, could have the same benefits and more, of a standard roller blind >
  
  
  I am now on board that an upper end Venetian blind
  
  Thanks!
  Glad you changed your view (even if a little bit).
  I actually agree with you that CHEAP plastic blinds are horrific and worse than even the cheapest curtains.
  But quality blinds, do offer a lot of benefits. >
  
  if they are made from cheap plastic then you have the dollar store variant of them,  complaining that the cheapest variant of a product isn't as good is a false comparison,
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  buy some decent Venetian blinds and they will work for a long time and actually work well.
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  and a Venetian blind can give you light at an angle, allowing the room to be well lit without allowing someone to look inside   essentially a dimmer switch instead of an on/off >
  
  I maintain that I see many cheap variants of Venetian blinds, which impacts their usability. I have never seen a cheap roller blind that doesn’t still work relatively well
  The privacy due to angling the blinds is a strong argument, and I’m willing to concede that this promotes some good use cases for Venetian blinds >
  
  Isn't the problem with cheap anything? Cheap products will look cheap.
  With a passing glance, most people can tell whether any of the blinds you have were at least somewhat expensive.
  Case in point, my parents have roller blinds, but made out of silk with a second layer for a darker mode. My sister has Venetian blinds that are motorized as they cover her rather large windows made out of nice mahogany.
  Both are absurdly expensive, but very nice looking. Both work very well given the cost. >
  
  They cast awesome shadows >
  
  I've had a lot of houses and a lot of blinds in my life!  Every blind or shade option that becomes popular ends up having very shitty options.  If your view was "if you're on a budget, venetian blinds are going to be the shittiest for the dollar option" then I'd agree.  However, an actually good set of venetian blinds tailor made for your windows is amazing, but costs about $2,000 for a typical window and $4k for something like an 8 foot patio slider.  If you haven't had or interacted with the good versions of these then I'd suggest you are evaluating the affect of popularity and commodititazation of the blind, not the actual type of blind.  These can be motorized or not, corded or cordless and so on.
  TL;DR: if a venetian blind is shitty then it's the shittiest of the options.  Non-shitty venetian blinds are available, expensive and excellent. >
  
  
  I’m open to respecting Venetian blinds if someone can explain functional benefits they have as opposed to a traditional roller blind, or a standard curtain.
  
  Can you close the curtains for privacy and still let natural light in? >
  
  One trad style is to have a shear under an opaque.  Draw the shear curtains for partial - most of the light, vague privacy.  Draw the opaque for blackout.
  Or go full curtain.  Tin foil blocks all light and mind control rays.