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Netflix once again screws over its customers
Donkbaca:
Way more profitable to ship movies. You don't need to build a secure network to house the IP. You probably have some sort of licensing agreement with the IP holders so that they get some sort of royalty per play, or you get to have it unlimited for a set period of time, which means a lot of overhead just to keep up with it. The DVDs infrastructure is already in place and a LOT of people only watch a couple movies a month. Heck I have had the same netflix movie sitting on my console table for the last 2 months. With streaming its a constant barrage, people will even watch utter garbage just because its available.
Plus, as I mentioned before its something you can face a LOT of competition in if any of the IP holders decides to launch a competing service. Look at the HD-DVD/Blu Ray wars. The fact that HD DVD couldn't secure Sony IP was enough to send the dominos toppling towards BLu Ray. Sony holds out on streaming content, pairs up with say, NBC/Universal or the ABC/ESPN/Disney folks and decides to do exclusive streaming of their content on the PSN network, and bam, netflix is toast.
Malenko:
:afro:
jimfath:
Netflix drives me crazy. They pull movies out of streaming and the streaming selection is sparse. They do have a lot of TV shows but so does hulu and countless other free alternatives.
The price hike will mean I'll be dropping one or the other. I've heard from countless friends that are in a similar position. If that is a typical cross section of their customer base, I wonder if they'll lose revenue.
Ginsu Victim:
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Wow, that's almost exactly what I do.
Donkbaca:
Everybody says they will drop it, 99% of people won't. I love how people are "protesting" the increase by liking a page on facebook or some other nonsense. yeah, facebook pages, I am sure Netflix really cares about facebook pages.
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