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September 21st, 2011
As Netflix subscribers now know, the recent separation of DVD and streaming services for pricing purposes and attendant sharp price increase were only the first of a battery of insults.
This blog entry from Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings delivers the next (but not necessarily the last) round of unwelcome news. Here’s one of the stories in my local paper.
A comment posted beneath the blog announcement this afternoon was admirably succinct: “Mr Hastings, I’m afraid your letter will go down as the oddest suicide note in history.”—Roald Simonson, Freelance Director. Alaska State Legislature.
When the services split into two independent entities, one with a name so stupid that I don’t want to see it in my mailbox or my bills, I am canceling the streaming portion. I will move to another DVD rental service as soon as I decide which one will suit me best.
When I signed up for Netflix 9½ years ago, it had no competition, and yet it provided great service and lived up to all its promises. I have been a happy, loyal, praise-singing customer ever since. But after this, I am gone.
The question is, where?
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