Just read the comments in this post too, I am not the only one that thinks the continued screwing of their customers is a bad idea
http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/wa...netflix-queue/
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This will do one of two things:
1) Drive people to pirate said movies, or
2) People will just go on about their lives and forget about the movie, as the author stated.
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Not to mention this looks bad for Netflix too
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Netflix, how you started out so well and will end so poorly.....
I gave up my subscription once they decided to screw long time customers and break apart streaming/mail services....
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[Warner Bros] is a company that has learned nothing! In the 1980s it pulled crap like this when it came to renting tapes. It came up with a stupid idea of a two-tier system. Consumers would pay, say, $19.99 for a VHS tape, while retailers would pay like $119.99 for a tape that would be rented out. That didn't last long. Neither will this. BitTorrent will gain even more Seeds from this, as if closing all the lockers didn't already help.
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Hmm - wait or download illegally? I think I can figure out what most people will do!
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This won't drive me to do anything in particular other than think of Warner as a bunch of aholes and reduce the likelihood that their movies will make it into my queue.
Given that Netflix already does a poor job of telling me about relevant new releases (for example, even when I've rented every season of a tv series for years they don't mention that the new season is available) this will cut down on their viewership.
Can't blame this move by Warner on Netflix.
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Now, imagine if Warner Bros announced that they will make all new releases available immediately for rental, perhaps at a slightly higher price point. I can see the praise from consumers already.....