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I hope at least this means there will be a Qwikster app so I can manage my DVD queue on my iPad since the Netflix website queue is unusable.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Issues Apology; Names DVD Division Qwikster; Will Offer Game Rentals
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted an apology on the Netflix blog about the way they communicated the price increase and why they're spinning off the DVD division as Qwikster ("A Netflix Company."). Hastings named Andy Rendich, who spent the past 12 years running the Netflix DVD service, as CEO of...
Great news! I hope my phone provider splits into two companies so I'll have to go to different sites to look at my voice plan and data plan!
What the hell does "Qwikster" even mean?
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Issues Apology; Names DVD Division Qwikster; Will Offer Game Rentals
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted an apology on the Netflix blog about the way they communicated the price increase and why they're spinning off the DVD division as Qwikster ("A Netflix Company."). Hastings named Andy Rendich, who spent the past 12 years running the Netflix DVD service, as CEO of...
"see in the theater"
I hate making mistakes like that.
Please Contribute to the Netflix Relief Fund
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Before Netflix, I used to seen in the theater about 100 movies per year and rent the same number. If I still did that today, I would spend AT LEAST $1050. With Netflix, I'm paying about 40% of that.
So Netflix has saved me a lot of money these past ten years. The financial gain is MINE.
Please Contribute to the Netflix Relief Fund
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"I love the people who feel the need to justify financial gain by any means."
Netflix is under no obligation to provide their service at a price that suits you personally. No one is making you or anyone else pay for Netflix. If you don't want to contribute to Netflix's financial gain, don't give them your money. I find the cost reasonable and will give them my money.
Please Contribute to the Netflix Relief Fund
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So, Kory K, at what price point will you stop buying gasoline? There is no real competitor to gas so how much are you willing to bend over and take it from the oil companies? Or is it OK to bend over when it's a necessity?
Netflix is a luxury service, moreso than any of the things you listed. If Netflix wants to raise their prices every three months that's fine with me. It would eventually reach the point where I didn't think it would be worth it and I'd cancel.
Everyone loves to throw out the 60% figure, like it went up from $50 to $80. But we're talking $6 a month or 20 cents a day. If you can't afford that then Netflix isn't something you should be spending your money on anyhow.
Please Contribute to the Netflix Relief Fund
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It's not easy to find, so here is the list (well, kinda--you have to look by state): http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedaccess/statelist.htm
Post Office Publishes List of 3,700 Offices Facing Possible Closure
CNN Money reports that the US Postal Service has published a list of the 3,700 (out of about 32,000) offices facing possible closure. Most of the post offices being studied for closure have so little foot traffic that workers average less than two hours of work per day and average sales are les...
Murmur of the Heart is the more interesting one. Way to recommend incest, Netflix! (Note: it's actually a very good coming of age movie.)
More "Interesting" Netflix Recommendations
I've discovered a lot of movies using Netflix's Cinematch recommendation engine, but sometimes you get some "interesting" results. Davis Freeberg posted his top 10 list of Netflix Recommendations Gone Wild, and here's one of my favorites: You see his full list on his website.
One of their crucial expenses, I should have said.
Netflix Announces New DVD-Only Plans & Pricing for Combined Plans
On the Netflix blog Jessie Becker announced several important changes for subscribers and new customers: Official announcement of the DVD-only plans: $7.99 for one-out and $11.99 for 2-out, unlimited (dvd.netflix.com). The DVD & streaming unlimited plans are now separated into two $7.99 plans, ...
I love the Sturm und Drang of these Internet bitchfests. It amazes me how people can personalize their relationship with a corporation to the point where they feel betrayed by it.
This is all you need to know, as Johnny Utah pointed out: "Its estimated that Netflix's streaming costs will rise from $180 million in 2010 to a whopping $1.98 billion in 2012."
One of their expenses is going up 1000%, so why is so hard to understand why prices have to rise?
Netflix Announces New DVD-Only Plans & Pricing for Combined Plans
On the Netflix blog Jessie Becker announced several important changes for subscribers and new customers: Official announcement of the DVD-only plans: $7.99 for one-out and $11.99 for 2-out, unlimited (dvd.netflix.com). The DVD & streaming unlimited plans are now separated into two $7.99 plans, ...
Like ZarathustrA Tek said, those movies are nowhere near being snuff films. These are basically found footage compilations. If you object to Netflix having these movies, then you probably should object to the Internet as a whole.
I'm more annoyed that Netflix doesn't keep up with Blu-ray versions of catalog titles than I am this.
Should Netflix Rent the Death Scenes Movies that Depict Real Deaths? Update: Removed
Update: Netflix has removed the titles and issued the following statement: "The titles came in a bundle of content, we became aware of the nature of the content, reviewed it and removed it. While packaged as a documentary, it clearly is not." Davis Freeberg makes an interesting point about where...
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