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9/19/2011 11:23:57 AM

^types of Netflix service

9/19/2011 11:25:59 AM

^^ +1% they'll refund you on the $7.99 when their service is unavailable

9/19/2011 11:27:38 AM

i might be the one of the only people on the planet that doesnt have or has never had netflix

9/19/2011 11:33:06 AM

nope i've never had it.

9/19/2011 11:34:48 AM

since they only ever had ~27 million subscribers, I doubt it

9/19/2011 11:35:27 AM

man those cave wall drawing must be entertaining as fuck

[Edited on September 19, 2011 at 11:38 AM. Reason : http://twitter.com/#!/Qwikster]

9/19/2011 11:35:48 AM

lol

9/19/2011 11:39:45 AM

nah gunzz there's a lot of us out there

I wanted to sign up, but never did, and now I'm glad

[Edited on September 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM. Reason : and LOL @ the twitter feed]

9/19/2011 11:45:15 AM

Reed Hastings' apology is so egotistical.

9/19/2011 12:06:56 PM

and there goes netflix,
redbox will pick up a bunch of the subscribers to the dvd service i bet. now that they have them on every corner. and people will probably leave netflix for other streaming services.

9/19/2011 1:44:27 PM

I got the apology letter as well, but I don't really see what the big deal is anyway. Maybe I don't care because we never used the mail service.

We subscribe to Netflix streaming and Hulu Plus on our Roku. I'm watching less and less Netflix, but we haven't dropped it yet. I'm waiting to see just how the selection is affected when they drop Starz. (And I'm trying to finish up a few shows that I watch on Netflix.)

9/19/2011 3:32:51 PM

What stuff do you watch on Hulu Plus, if you don't mind me asking? Just trying to explore options.

9/19/2011 5:06:49 PM

A lot of network TV because I live in the boonies without even a decent digital signal -- with Plus, you can watch entire seasons and not just the most recent episodes. Plus doesn't really have anything different than regular Hulu, but you can watch multiple seasons and use a console to watch it on TV instead of your computer. I subscribe to things like Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, Modern Family, Raising Hope, 30 Rock, Glee, House, etc. Cable TV shows like Tosh.0, South Park, & Jersey Shore.

9/19/2011 5:22:25 PM

9/19/2011 5:30:01 PM

so are you gonna post the whole thing or

9/19/2011 5:41:22 PM

9/19/2011 6:45:49 PM

so I was informed today that we are cancelling out dvd/blu-ray in the mail and sticking to streaming only, and going to redbox if we want new stuff... I will have to torrent some stuff, but other than that, I'm not too upset

9/19/2011 7:23:26 PM

real movie fans still go to the store to rent movies

I print coupons off my coke rewards and use them

9/19/2011 7:44:50 PM

haha I'm pretty sure all the stores around here are kaput

9/19/2011 7:47:52 PM

so what you're saying is there is untapped market potential, eh?

9/19/2011 7:49:53 PM

9/20/2011 2:57:49 PM

not funny!

9/20/2011 3:02:35 PM

I've put my account on 'hold' for the maximum period. If after the 90 days or so, things haven't changed to my satisfaction, I'll certainly cancel.

Will be interesting to see how quickly they update the streaming content to judge whether it will be worth it. Otherwise, I can build up a nice queue of movies, and then just go on month-long binges ever now and then.

9/20/2011 8:43:06 PM

I usually love the Oatmeal comics, but that one is waaaay off the mark, IMO. Having streaming and DVD by mail is, in no way at all, like having two different halves of a single food item. You can easily enjoy one without the other.

If they wanted to make a restaurant analogy they should have had a chicken restaurant that sold chicken dishes for $7.99. Then after a few years, the started offering steak dishes as well. But it didn't matter if you wanted chicken, steak, or both. It was still the same price. So you could be getting two meals for one price. Then finally the chicken restaurant decides to split up the two dishes and serve them separately and charge accordingly. Finally, the manager opens another store across the street and decides to sell only steak at the old restaurant, and chicken at the new one.

It's like people forget that there were millions of people that were happy netflix customers before streaming was still an option. Then they added a completely separate function, and didn't charge any extra for it for quite a while. And now that both functions are valuable, they are being separated. I get why people are upset, but I still think people are making a far bigger deal about this than they should be.

9/20/2011 9:13:35 PM

i don't have netflix either. so there's at least 2 of us.

i do have blockbuster by mail though. i went w/ blockbuster bc it was cheaper & offered video games (& i didn't care about streaming too much). i pay $8/month for 1 game or movie out for as long as i want. i can return it to the blockbuster store if i want quicker turn around time. when i signed up, netflix was like $8 or so + gamefly was $15 (then).

blockbuster/dish network are going to announce a movie streaming service friday. i hope it won't cost me extra since i'm both a blockbuster & a dish customer. we'll seeeeeee

[Edited on September 20, 2011 at 11:21 PM. Reason : pronouns are important]

9/20/2011 11:21:26 PM

Streaming is shit. I can't believe so many people prefer instant gratification over a quality selection.

9/20/2011 11:24:00 PM

dvds canceled

9/20/2011 11:24:08 PM

Quote :

"It's like people forget that there were millions of people that were happy netflix customers before streaming was still an option. Then they added a completely separate function, and didn't charge any extra for it for quite a while. And now that both functions are valuable, they are being separated. I get why people are upset, but I still think people are making a far bigger deal about this than they should be."

You have to consider that people signed up for the advertised service. I wasn't particularly interested in it when it was just DVDs, but I loved having streaming on my Xbox. I signed up for a particular price that would provide me with both services and that changed, which is annoying. Hindsight or not, they advertised themselves as a combination rental/streaming service.

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"Streaming is shit. I can't believe so many people prefer instant gratification over a quality selection."

I've had few problems with it, and I think it's not so much an issue of instant gratification as it is convenience. I want to see the movies I want to see now as opposed to whenever they can get a copy my way.

9/21/2011 2:36:37 PM

physical media should be a thing of the past in 2011.

If it weren't for the stone age business models of the music and movie industry this would be the case already.

9/21/2011 2:49:05 PM

When is Zuckerberg gonna start sending apologies?

9/21/2011 3:22:12 PM

http://dailytrojan.com/2011/09/20/microsoft-fuses-television-and-gaming-with-xbox-360/

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"Last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer previewed a new television feature for Xbox 360 at an event called BUILD in Anaheim, Calif. The company is now inching its way into the realm of cable and satellite television through the Xbox 360. In June, Microsoft confirmed its plans to incorporate a live-television feature into its Xbox LIVE service later this year. According to rumors and vague press releases, the feature will require owners to have subscription services to compatible cable or satellite providers and will also include on-demand access for instant programming needs. "

9/21/2011 3:43:30 PM

I think splitting the services is a good idea. It is difficult to advertise netflix right now, as you need to inform potential customers about what you are selling, which is difficult when you sell two dis-similar products.

As such, a name change for one is sensible. Qwikster sucks, Qwikflix would be better, anything that maintains a good connection to the existing brand.

However, for the people that will be signing up for both, a sizable chunk of their customers, two completely separate web-sites is a bad plan. Sure, it makes running the two companies easier. Now the two sides don't need to worry about keeping their systems interoperable. But it makes being a customer more difficult. Just discovered a movie you want to see? Now you need two apps on your phone to check availability and it takes twice as long. There are web-agrigators to search both newsgroups and torrents with one search. But netflix can't manage to search qwikster?

9/23/2011 12:36:26 PM

forgive me, LS, but what exactly is so massively dissimilar about streaming movies and DVD movies? They are both movies! The only difference is the delivery method, and that is hardly worth splitting up a company over it. If you need two separate divisions to handle the logistics of it, then fine. two separate companies, with two separate queues, with two separate billings and two separate searches? fucking absurd

9/23/2011 2:54:52 PM

Quote :

"I want to see the movies I want to see now as opposed to whenever they can get a copy my way."

This is why I like streaming. I have found so much cool stuff I wouldn't have seen otherwise, and have watched exactly what I was feeling so many times that I'm hooked. Anyway, if splitting the services allows for a more diverse streaming library I'm all for it. The pool will be smaller, I'm sure a lot of people didn't stream at all but prices had to be negotiated on the assumption that they could.

9/23/2011 3:01:27 PM

I canceled my physical dvds, but they keep sending them to me

This whole fiasco could have been avoided had they just granfathered people in and started a new mailing company going forward

9/23/2011 3:02:22 PM

Who else keeps confusing Qwikster with Quickstar?

*raises hand*

9/23/2011 3:07:30 PM

i had never heard of quickstar till this whole fiasco. if i had, it obviously wasn't in a significant manner.

9/23/2011 4:32:29 PM

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"I've put my account on 'hold' for the maximum period. If after the 90 days or so, things haven't changed to my satisfaction, I'll certainly cancel. "

I have done this as well. Will probably end up cancelling at the end of 90 days.

9/23/2011 5:59:38 PM

heard something on NPR the other day about this.

the guest on the show (don't remember the details) said it was likely due to the deal with facebook and video privacy laws. video privacy laws cover hard media (ie dvds) and don't allow netflix to share user information with 3rd parties. however, online videos aren't covered under this law, thus with the new facebook/netflix relationship, netflix wanted a clear, legal path to be able to share user data with facebook, which facebook likely required from netflix so as to match their information policy/business model.

9/26/2011 11:20:59 AM

Amazon just e-mailed me to let me know that they have Fox shows now, as well as THE WONDER YEARS ON DEMAND.

Suck it Netflix. Just kidding I still love you too.

9/26/2011 11:22:41 AM

Quote :

" as well as THE WONDER YEARS ON DEMAND."

9/26/2011 11:48:32 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/nyt-netflix-strikes-deal-with-dreamworks-will-begin-streaming/

9/26/2011 12:27:54 PM

2013

WTF

9/26/2011 2:03:00 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/10239884/

Quote :

"Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — Netflix Inc. is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services because it would make them more difficult to use. Subscribers will be able to use both services under one account and one password, CEO Reed Hastings said Monday in a blog post. Investors saw the reversal as an Oscar-worthy move, sending the stock up $11.24, or 9.6 percent, to $128.45 in premarket trading. Less than a month ago, the Netflix said it would split the DVD rental business off on a new website, to be called Qwikster. Subscribers howled at the move, saying they saw Netflix as a destination for movies in general and didn't want to manage two accounts. "It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs," Hastings said in the blog post. In July, the company said that customers who want streaming movies and DVDs will have to pay for them separately. The "Qwikster" announcement was a follow-up to that change. Analysts saw it as a way for Netflix to distance itself from the older DVD business, which has less future potential than Internet streaming. Even with Monday's premarket bounce, Netflix's shares have been savaged by the price change and the "Qwikster" initiative. They've lost more than half their value since July."

10/10/2011 9:23:34 AM

whoops

already canceled

fuck it

10/10/2011 9:58:23 AM

lol

10/10/2011 10:15:28 AM

Is the price still going to be double for both services?

10/10/2011 10:54:29 AM

yes you'll still pay for each service separately

10/10/2011 10:55:34 AM

10/10/2011 12:05:21 PM