Not a whole lot of money extra but keeping the service below 10 bucks kept millions of people watching instead of using alternatives. People are lazy and get set in their ways. Screw them over for a couple of bucks and the head for the tall grass.
Simple solution:
Add a app called Boxee, HDMI cable and a wireless mouse and keyboard to an old desktop and connect to a HD TV and watch yourself silly!
Oh yea, at no extra cost or logins, fees, price increases, etc.
Netflix changes reflect evolving market - Washington Times
Simple solution:
Add a app called Boxee, HDMI cable and a wireless mouse and keyboard to an old desktop and connect to a HD TV and watch yourself silly!
Oh yea, at no extra cost or logins, fees, price increases, etc.
Netflix changes reflect evolving market - Washington Times
Netflix changes reflect evolving market
Users see move phasing out DVDs
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Under a new pricing policy, Netflix customers will have to buy separate plans if they want to rent DVDs by mail and watch video on the Internet. Subscribers will be paying as much as 60 percent more as a result. (Associated Press)Under a new pricing policy, Netflix customers will have to buy separate plans if they want to rent DVDs by mail and watch video on the Internet. Subscribers will be paying as much as 60 percent more as a result. (Associated Press)
By Claire Courchane
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The Washington Times
8:44 p.m., Thursday, July 21, 2011
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College student Lydia Statz was one of more than 23 million Netflix users who received a jolt when the DVD rental and online streaming company announced major price increases last week.
“They had such a good model going,” said Miss Statz, adding that college students used Netflix because it was cheaper than purchasing cable. “Why ruin it?”
The answer, according to numerous angry customers, is so people would drop the DVD option and Netflix could save money on postage and the famous red envelopes. Instead of unlimited DVDs and unlimited online streaming for $9.99 a month, new customers now must pay $7.99 a month separately for each service. Existing customers must do the same, starting Sept. 1.
Miss Statz is not the only unhappy customer — according to a Mashable.com poll, 38 percent of users claim they will quit using Netflix. Almost 80,000 comments appeared on the company’s Facebook page, ranging from the civil (“Why
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