I must admit that I have not read this yet (I've saved it to my Pocket), but it does look like an interesting read:

[news.cnet.com]

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That's a very interesting story.

It's amazing how a business leader can be so blind and dumb about two really basic issues: ease of use and a 60% price increase. Amazing...

I am 100% sure there is more to the story. This was not just dumb decisions.

Sekker- never attribute to bad luck that which can be explained by simple stupidity.

Netflix still works for me and I'm paying exactly the same as I was before. I never used the discs, so I don't miss them not being there.

I never used the Watch Now, so I got an extra disk for the same money I was spending.

There was a strong rumor tha Amazon was going to buy - just the steaming part, tho.

I reinstated one disc plan with streaming this month after a break of about a year. My son uses the streaming all of the time and Red Box has not proven to be cost effective as an alternative for DVDs. Most Red Box rentals ended up costing $2-3 due to a busy lifestyle. So another $8 bucks a month for DVDs by mail just doesn't seem like too much anymore.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2012 12:45AM by Markintosh.

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There was a strong rumor tha Amazon was going to buy - just the steaming part, tho.

I think the whole thing is "steaming"!

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Skill without imagination is craftsmanship. Imagination without skill is Modern Art.

Hey on a related subject, is it no longer possible to put your account on "vacation hold"?

I too am convinced that there was more to this stupidity *cough*studio content licensing*cough* than just plain stupidity, but Netflix went about it in completely the wrong way. Put the egg on Paramount, MGM, Sony, Time Warner, et cetera.
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Seems no more "hold" for accounts. You need to cancel it, and then re-activate later if you so desire.

We put ours on hold last year when the price increase hit. it re-activated earlier this year, and we used it for a couple months, but came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the money, so cancelled it for good a couple months back.

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Skill without imagination is craftsmanship. Imagination without skill is Modern Art.