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Netflix Hates You
« on: July 12, 2011, 03:45:50 PM »

Netflix raising their prices was kind of inevitable, but I wasn't expecting FULL 50% RATE HIKE LOL.  Are you running a fucking insurance company?
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 03:57:24 PM »

...60%, actually.

Well, it was about time Blockbuster got some good news, I guess.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 03:58:30 PM »

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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 04:59:23 PM »

Football doesn't work like that?
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 06:47:15 PM »

Netflix doesn't work like that?
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 06:52:18 PM »

Sticking with the streaming only system for now (streaming is pretty much the only thing I use anyway). You figure since customers will be moving to streaming only, they'd work on making it more robust. But c'est la vie.

Also $16 for the streaming + DVD system is still cheaper than a new DVD or Blu-Ray

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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 07:27:23 PM »

I'd actually sign up for the streaming system here.

If it had, you know, any movies at all.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2011, 07:34:41 PM »

It's got a lot of movies, no? Just nowhere near as many as they've got in terms of physical disks.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2011, 07:37:15 PM »

Canada's Netflix has almost nothing. Apparently they didn't even have streaming until pretty recently.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2011, 08:17:26 PM »

Correct. Canada basically has shit for selection.

As far as the increase: Netflix had to pay higher licensing fees, so it had to get passed on to the customer. There's no way they would have done such an outrageous hike if they didn't have to. I have a feeling Blockbuster may have brokered something else with the studios to not get the hike.

Here's to hoping the new cost gets us a better selection.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2011, 08:21:11 PM »

The price is still fucktastic (you get 4 months for about the same cost as buying the latest LotR release) but I kind of wish they had built up to this gradually instead of "SURPRISE!  We're taking more money now."
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2011, 08:41:59 PM »

So here's something baffling... According to my "PRICE GOIN' UP" E-mail, the change is to better reflect the costs of the plans. The breakdown shows streaming alone hasn't changed in price, but that adding a DVD is no longer subsidized by the streaming (the first DVD used to be half-off) and is now subject to the 50-60% markup.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2011, 09:02:24 PM »

You figure since customers will be moving to streaming only, they'd work on making it more robust.

Why?  What are the customers going to do, go to one of Netflix's many viable competitors?

There's no way they would have done such an outrageous hike if they didn't have to.

While I am absolutely certain that studio fees played a part in this, I think it's a little ridiculous to claim Netflix would never have raised its prices under any other circumstances.

Remember the last time they hiked the rates by 11%?  You should; it was five months ago.

The price is still fucktastic (you get 4 months for about the same cost as buying the latest LotR release) but I kind of wish they had built up to this gradually instead of "SURPRISE!  We're taking more money now."

My account page says it doesn't take effect until the beginning of September, but maybe it varies depending on your billing period.

So here's something baffling... According to my "PRICE GOIN' UP" E-mail, the change is to better reflect the costs of the plans. The breakdown shows streaming alone hasn't changed in price, but that adding a DVD is no longer subsidized by the streaming (the first DVD used to be half-off) and is now subject to the 50-60% markup.

Used to be $8 for streaming plus $2 for DVD's; now it's $8 for streaming plus $8 for DVD's.

We'll be canceling our DVD's come September.  If I were the one paying for it I'd cancel the whole thing and send a polite but colorful E-Mail telling them what I thought of the rate hike.  But my girlfriend would rather pay $8 a month than learn to use Bittorrent, so we're just canceling the DVD's.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2011, 09:40:07 PM »

Whereas I'd rather never rely on bittorrent to get anything done.

This is art people, if I want it archived right, I have to do it myself.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2011, 12:45:56 PM »

Well, Usenet's better for new stuff, but it just doesn't have the selection that BT does.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2011, 02:14:12 PM »

...people are using Usenet again? I'm so out of the loop that the loop has come full circle.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2011, 02:36:18 PM »

Kind of.  It doesn't have nearly the user share that BT does, but thanks to NZB you can download large binaries relatively painlessly.

It's often faster than BT (since you're not relying on other users for your download speed) and there are providers that allow encrypted connections.

There are also programs like SABNZBD+ and SickBeard which, while a bit of a pain in the ass to configure and maintain, and not the most reliable things in the world, do provide a good bit of automation for things like regular TV downloads.

(It really has been fascinating as hell to watch Usenet evolve over the past couple of decades, and to see the series of grafted-on hacks make it do things it was never meant to do.  And turn its biggest failing -- a total lack of oversight -- into a feature.)
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Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2011, 08:50:38 AM »

So, hey, follow up to the Netflix business:

http://consumerist.com/2011/07/netflix-ceo-company-will-invest-most-of-price-hike-in-streaming.html

This is the response I hoped for. I'm unsubscribed for the moment, but as soon as I can get Netflix on my phone and I hear their streaming library is expanded, I'll be back.

Looks like they just released support for my new phone yesterday.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2011, 09:49:04 AM »

...they're price-hiking the DVD service though.
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Re: Re: PET PEEVES FUCK
« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2011, 09:59:19 AM »

Technically they're just upping the streaming cost, since straight DVD subs with no streaming will actually be less than they are right now (only no streaming anymore).

Though actually, checking to make sure that was true I noticed the sub pricing went up a buck starting in January. Anyone know what was up with that?
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