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kane · 09-19-2011, 03:55 AM

I just got an email from Netflix that was written by the CEO of the company that basically apologizes for their lack of communication and how they took advantage of customer loyalty recently. It goes on to say that they are full separating the DVD and streaming services. The streaming will be called Netflix and the DVD will be called Quickster. Here is the catch. The prices will be the same, but they will be two completely different sites and will not be integrated.

One of the things I like about Netflix is that if I find a movie I want to see it tells me if it available on streaming or not. Now I won't know that. As a bonus they are going to include video game rentals with the DVDs.

I imagine this comes as part of them losing around 2 million subscribers in the last few weeks due to the price hike and they want to be out in front of Dish Network which purchased Blockbuster and is rumored to be making a big announcement in the streaming and video by mail world as early as this week.

I have a feeling once they split off I will be canceling the DVD section. It is kind of a pain in the ass to maintain two different accounts and I'll just rent from red box or whatever. Who knows if blockbuster/dish network does something cool I might even switch.

Seems like Netflix might have just screwed themselves out of even more customers. Or they are packaging up the DVD part of the business to sell to someone else.

09-19-2011, 03:55 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	Did Netflix just fuck themselves? I just got an email from Netflix that was written by the CEO of the company that basically apologizes for their lack of communication and how they took advantage of customer loyalty recently. It goes on to say that they are full separating the DVD and streaming services. The streaming will be called Netflix and the DVD will be called Quickster. Here is the catch. The prices will be the same, but they will be two completely different sites and will not be integrated. One of the things I like about Netflix is that if I find a movie I want to see it tells me if it available on streaming or not. Now I won't know that. As a bonus they are going to include video game rentals with the DVDs. I imagine this comes as part of them losing around 2 million subscribers in the last few weeks due to the price hike and they want to be out in front of Dish Network which purchased Blockbuster and is rumored to be making a big announcement in the streaming and video by mail world as early as this week. I have a feeling once they split off I will be canceling the DVD section. It is kind of a pain in the ass to maintain two different accounts and I'll just rent from red box or whatever. Who knows if blockbuster/dish network does something cool I might even switch. Seems like Netflix might have just screwed themselves out of even more customers. Or they are packaging up the DVD part of the business to sell to someone else.