I don't understand what the people at Netflix are thinking. When I saw the email this morning, I was expecting them to say that they were going to drop the bill again since they were canceling the second company, but no. And it doesn't even seem like they'll be doing the Video game feature either. (I'm not big on gaming, but another option would at least slightly justify the price jump)
I split the bill with my brother which is the only reason why I'm sticking around, but really they're not worth it since they've been purposely slowing us down on the DVD end. I wish there was another option, but every company trying to imitate Netflix is too new and I don't want to risk dumping money into a project that might fail.
Ugh. It pisses me off so much. I'll be honest I didn't even know they were splitting up, it was the price hike I was paying attention to. I wouldn't care if I had to "omg maintain 2 separate bills!" if it was cheaper.
I'm not bothered too much by the Netflix kerfluffle. Yeah, they're stupid for changing their minds and their business model. But it's their rope, they can hang themselves with it.
Somehow I doubt they will. They have seen the future and they know it is ONLINE. I laugh because one of the reasons people give for being pissed about the rate hikes is that the streaming content is not nearly as diverse as the DVD-by-mail. There was a time when not very much was available via DVD either, there certainly isn't yet enough selection on Blue-Ray to make an ardent movie buff swoon. It was the same with VHS and heaven forbid you bought a Beta back in the '80s.
So give them time, the streaming content will become well worth the wait. And will free up your living rooms because we'll no longer need 6 pieces of furniture just for our movie selections.
BTW, I am as cheap as them come. Netflix has a limited plan for $4.99/month. You get 2 movies by mail and 2 movies streamed online. As someone who works a lot that's very reasonable for me, especially when 1 DVD can be from a TV show set, which can contain 4 episodes. I sometimes forget to mail them back, so some months I don't even use 2 rentals. If I had unlimited I doubt I would be getting my money's worth for what, $18/month?
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Date: 2011-10-10 08:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-10-10 08:32 pm (UTC)I split the bill with my brother which is the only reason why I'm sticking around, but really they're not worth it since they've been purposely slowing us down on the DVD end. I wish there was another option, but every company trying to imitate Netflix is too new and I don't want to risk dumping money into a project that might fail.
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Date: 2011-10-11 02:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-10-12 01:05 am (UTC)Somehow I doubt they will. They have seen the future and they know it is ONLINE. I laugh because one of the reasons people give for being pissed about the rate hikes is that the streaming content is not nearly as diverse as the DVD-by-mail. There was a time when not very much was available via DVD either, there certainly isn't yet enough selection on Blue-Ray to make an ardent movie buff swoon. It was the same with VHS and heaven forbid you bought a Beta back in the '80s.
So give them time, the streaming content will become well worth the wait. And will free up your living rooms because we'll no longer need 6 pieces of furniture just for our movie selections.
BTW, I am as cheap as them come. Netflix has a limited plan for $4.99/month. You get 2 movies by mail and 2 movies streamed online. As someone who works a lot that's very reasonable for me, especially when 1 DVD can be from a TV show set, which can contain 4 episodes. I sometimes forget to mail them back, so some months I don't even use 2 rentals. If I had unlimited I doubt I would be getting my money's worth for what, $18/month?
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