Netflix really needs to get its shit together.
Netflix generates more head-scratching plot twists than a cheap B-movie.
On Monday, the company said it would reverse a previously announced decision to put its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services on separate websites, a plan that was widely derided by Netflix subscribers.
People will be able to use both services under one account and one password, CEO Reed Hastings said Monday in a blog post.
Good for Netflix, because if we had to chose between dumping one account, or opening a new one, we’d dump DVD delivery and live with it.
The company has been all over the map as of late. They really need to figure out what their business model is and stick with that plan and sink or swim.
Matthew Baldwin’s reaction is great.
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We dropped the 1-a-month discs we were on and now have streaming. I think the content of Netflix streaming is based on a dare. How crappy can we make the streaming before people start to ask questions? They are very close to becoming dead to me.
I’m curious what you’re disappointed in, I find that 90% of my netflix consumption is streaming, and while the selection could always be better, overall I’m quite pleased.
Most of the streaming we do is for the kids. We don’t stream much TV content and I’m a bit of a movie nut, so I’ve seen most of the old good stuff. The zombie content is great for streaming, but that doesn’t please the wife. That leaves the newer stuff, of which almost none is instant. Then there are the more popular older movies which never seem to be instant, but their crappy sequels are. I just don’t see the logic in what they choose unless it has to do with rights. I also lost a ton of stuff in my queue I was actually happy to see instant, then it just wasn’t.
It ain’t Netflix’s doings.
A few studios are insisting on more money for DVDs and direct video … and Netflix is trying to meet there demands and not lose customers.
The studios will only relent when they get a clue that they are losing money by being retards.