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veronica_rich ([personal profile] veronica_rich) wrote2011-10-10 03:51 pm
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Really, Netflix?

Really?

Yep. I think you're trying to commit entreprenicide.
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[identity profile] giselleslash.livejournal.com 2011-10-10 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
What have they done now?? Thankfully I cancelled my Netflix membership way before the ship started to sink...

[identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com 2011-10-10 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
First, they got greedy and jacked up their rates 60 percent. (I don't give a flying fuck if "it's still a good deal." I budget according to what I can afford in a given month, over a year's time, and while I'm willing to shell out $120 in addition to cable, I am not prepared in the middle of the year to suddenly start shelling out $192 instead. Nope. You can introduce your rate hikes slowly like anyone else who wants to keep my business (other than gas stations - not much choice there).

Then, they insult their customer base with a promise to separate streaming and DVDs into two differently-named companies, like that's the big problem for the million-or-so people who dumped it when the price went up. Uh huh.

Now, they've said "oh, hey, wait, you dumb fucks said this 'Netflix' and 'Qwikster' crap confused you. Well, we'll keep it simple for your little brains and talk in condescending language, when the real problem is (a) we just don't want to go through the hassle of setting up a separate company with paperwork, et. al, and (b) nobody knows what the fuck Qwikster is, and we just figured that out, heh."

I'm definitely taking it down to streaming this month, and may jump ship for another service altogether soon. I do not trust in leadership like that.

[identity profile] giselleslash.livejournal.com 2011-10-10 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew about the first two things but not the last. So it's all back to being just Netflix now and Qwikster is gone?? Wow. What the hell is in the Kool-Aid over there??

I'm definitely glad I gave up my membership a long time ago. And like you said, sure, "it's still a good deal" but not if you haven't the budget for it. Not everyone can afford their "great deals".

[identity profile] veronica-rich.livejournal.com 2011-10-10 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That extra $72 is the price of re-upping my SPJ membership, which I need more than DVDs. And I still haven't done THAT yet. Paying off the last of moving expenses and surgery bills, still.

[identity profile] giselleslash.livejournal.com 2011-10-10 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, 72 bucks is 72 bucks, and every bit counts when you're paying off those bills.
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