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Posted by TH on 12/09/06 03:32
Haddatten Huttendrut wrote:
>> > 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.
>
Fine, then don't claim you can get "unlimited" disks because you can't.
You can get as many as netflix deems is okay, then they pull a scam and
hold back your disks, which no matter how you put it, is scummy.
> 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.
It's not. I've been through all this before. It's Netflix and since
they admit to throttling, I'm not sure why were even having this
conversation.
>
> If you're getting the same service as most, you should enjoy it while you have
> it, because it ain't gonna last.
>
I hope they go under, it would be nice to see a company that scammed so
many people get its just rewards. If they changed their advertising to
"up to such and such a month" or something like that, you'd see all the
throttling argumetns disappear (although knowing Netflix, they'd
probably still pull some throttling scam).
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