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Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/05/06 03:41
TH wrote:
> Haddatten Huttendrut wrote:
>> >
>>Netflix is dandy for most folks with reasonable viewing habits - amazing
>>selection and prompt service other than temporary bottlenecks for popular new
>>releases. The folks who complain the most seem to be those who want some
>>maximized ideal of throughput so that they can copy as many titles as possible
>>to build a library (they can't possibly watch that many flicks, if they have a
>>job and/or a life). They don't want to pay for more than the 3-out "unlimited"
>>plan, and look forward to the on-demand download model, but will be disappointed
>>when that has (as it must) an even more rigid "throttling" or pay-per-download
>>scheme.
>
> I always find it odd that people find fault when someone says Netflix
> throttles them. Whether you think someone should only be allowed a
> certain number of disks a month or not is moot. The fact is Netflix
> claims you can have as many disks as you want, meaning if you turn it
> over the next day, another shouldl be sent right out, not "you can get
> as many as you want unless we deem it's too many, then we'll hold back
> some." If somoene turns over their disks the next day, they have the
> right to have the next disk in their queue sent out with the same speed
> as anyone else. OR, Netflix can simply change their motto to "as many
> disks as we think is fair to us." The fact you have decided what is a
> "reasonable viewing habit" shows you think your opinion is the one
> everyone should adhere to and that's that. After all, you've decided
> what is a "reasonable viewing habit."
....Maybe you're not the person to decide that?
Derek Janssen (heeeeere we go again: "In Defense of Video Gluttony")
ejanss@comcast.net
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