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Posted by Haddatten Huttendrut on 12/09/06 00:59
In article <1165377303.489650.131260@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"TH" <thehendersons44@aol.com> wrote:
> Haddatten Huttendrut wrote:
> > In article <1165335733.273390.211630@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > "TH" <thehendersons44@aol.com> wrote:
> > > They didn't lose, as it has never gone to court. A settlement was
> > > proposed,
> > though I don't know the current status and don't care. It will never go to
> > court - it's a nuisance lawsuit that would cost more to fight; a law firm
> > gets a
> > large windfall, and members of the class get something worth a buck or two.
> >
> A settlment was agreed on as every netflix customer was allowed some
> free month of an extra disk or something like that - which relieved
> them of any future lawsuits by the customer (if they agreed to the
> extra disk). My point was Netflix was sued.
Just about any business can be sued for most anything. Unless it's cut and
dried (as opposed to the nuances in this case of "limited" vs. "unlimited"
accounts), it's usually less costly to settle, esp. if the bulk of the
settlement is given in temporary incremental service (though you can be sure
that the law firm was paid). You should be more concerned about how this fact
increases your costs for most everything, than how many DVDs you get per month.
> Netflix admits to
> throttling and you have zero argument for why this is good.
It isn't "good," it's a fact of life - no profit, no company, no service.
Netflix provides a great service, at a reasonable price. When they cease to do
so, they will lose business, cease to be profitable, and disappear. It's the
natural order of things.
When that happens, it'll probably be because internet media delivery has become
fully functional and available to most households, and you'll pay a fixed price
for every movie that you download. Third-party companies like Netflix will be
cut out of the pie, unless they succeed in becoming important delivery conduits.
This is what the media distributors want, to maximize their profits. You should
enjoy the current Netflix model while you still have it.
> > You apparently don't know how little it takes to launch a class-action suit
> > and
> > how few direct participants are required, or you wouldn't be so impressed.
>
> What I am impressed is how when someone comes in here complaining about
> being throttled, the same three or four guys jump all over them, whine
> about how wrong they are for actualy wanting what Netflix advertises
> and then babble on about their own viewing habits as if that has
> anything to do with the price of tea in China. Although I think you're
> a lot smarter than a couple of the other nitwits, your argument that
> 'they can do whatever they want, they work fine for me, you have bad
> viewing habits, they don't have to live up to their slogan because I
> have determined 'unlimited' is not what it seems" is not really a good
> argument for Netflix. The only thing you said that is smart that I
> agree with is "they need to change their advertising." If they changed
> it to "you can get up to 12 disks a month" or "as many as we say" or
> someting lke that, you'd never hear the "throttling" argument again.
How many disks per month are you able to get? Maybe your nearest NF
distribution center has problems. Maybe it's your postal service.
If you're getting the same service as most, you should enjoy it while you have
it, because it ain't gonna last.
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