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- diggB, on 07/16/2009, -1/+15Just don't start charging for streaming and I'll be a happy customer. Deal?
- crackerjack20, on 07/16/2009, -0/+12Punctuation this title could use some.
- wTheOnew, on 07/16/2009, -1/+9They could mesh well, but probably wont.
I really don't want to see pay-per-view streaming... - fadeout, on 07/16/2009, -4/+12"So why would it want a company that rents DVDs?"
To destroy it so I'd have to actually buy movies again.. - stopsucking, on 07/16/2009, -1/+9"Amazon and Netflix their strengths could mesh well"
Me fail English? That's unpossible. - Jektal, on 07/16/2009, -1/+8I like Amazon, and I like Netflix. But I really dislike any idea of Amazon buying out and destroying Netflix. Netflix is awesome as-is, don't go changing.
- dxgg, on 07/16/2009, -1/+5But...but...I just canceled cable and bought a Roku! I like paying $8.99/month instead of $80.
- megaton, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4Yeah, which you have to pay for piecemeal.
Netflix = flat rate = as many movies as you can get out of it.
Amazon = cost per movie, per view after 24 hours.
Now, you tell me why being acquired by Amazon may threaten Netflix's model... - Rethcir, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4Redbox is best for new movies, netflix for the gems you've been waiting on forever.
- Bulletbillx, on 07/16/2009, -0/+4yeah. my unlimited streaming + xbox 360 = win.
- Bulletbillx, on 07/16/2009, -0/+3true. which is exactly what i'll do if amazon ruins netflix
- TylerDurden76, on 07/16/2009, -0/+3Now if this is successful, I want Amazon to buy GameFly.
- tribtal, on 07/16/2009, -0/+3Maybe Amazon will give them a discount so Netflix can finally replace all the lost discs in the TV series they never replace.
- ng007, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2You wouldn't have to buy them . . . you could subscribe to Blockbuster instead.
- Absorber, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2Both Amazon and Netflix need to include subtitles in their streaming service products.
- awinters, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2I don't think they'd destroy it because someone else would just offer the service. It is too entrenched in our world now. It's like those companies trying to get people to read print newspapers again. We have past the point of no return. I'm ashamed to say Netflix is yet another convenience that I vaguely remember having lived without once but could never live without again. It joins the DVR, which I didn't have until 2 years ago.
- Hercules, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3Amazon will have to compete against Blockbuster, still. They buy out Netflix they are going to offer MORE, not less because of their market position and also their competition.
The internet and tech savvy folks know prices and features and service better than anybody, and if Netflix drops in quality there will be an exodus to Blockbuster.
I see the Amazon acquisition as a good thing, personally. - AndrewDB, on 07/16/2009, -1/+3Netflix should just tell Amazon to ***** off and buy Gamefly.
Amazon isn't exactly the model paradigm for what Netflix users want out of their service. - tattertech, on 07/16/2009, -0/+2Actually, it is a big barrier to a netflix acquisition (cost being another). Amazon is very aggressive about limiting the number of states it's actually in and Netflix has a far wider distribution network.
- jimh542, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1Redbox FTW
- pcx99, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1It's not going to happen because netflix distribution facilities would give amazon.com a presence in almost every state in the union and thus make them liable for state sales taxes. To get around this Amazon would have to close the facilities and increase the turn-around time in dvd rentals.
A more likely scenario is for netflix to spin-off their on-demand service to a third company of which amazon would be a partner. - Nothlit, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1As opposed to analog versions of DVDs?
- L0NER, on 07/16/2009, -1/+2What if netflix added a music streaming service?
- matt.rubin, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1so that on buy pages you have the option of renting............
- ng007, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1Amazon might want Netflix to add to their marketing data. One's renting history and ratings might give clues as to what kinds of movies one likes and is therefore more likely to buy. I just hope they don't ruin Netflix in the process. On the bright side, if they do, we still have Blockbuster.
- mrwoody, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1I thought that sometime ago we were saying that netflix was going to become only a "streaming" company (which makes sense)...
So surely it wouldn't make sense to charge a monthly subscription + the single streaming (they could have
either options though). - socrates17, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1Yes. It really frustrates me that I cannot watch films instantly, but instead have to get the DVD unless they are foreign.
- Homerr, on 07/16/2009, -1/+2Amazon wants to become "too big to fail".
- useful, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1I think Microsoft would buy them before Amazon. Both would buy them for the algorithm, but Amazon doesn't need the distribution.
- Rethcir, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1Please, for the love of god no netflix acquisition... I have remained a netflix customer in large part due to their stellar customer service, something I seriously doubt any other corporation has any interest in continuing. Instead of "Oh, sure, we understand there might be a problem with the disk, we'll send one out tomorrow", it'll be some indian dude cancelling your account.
- readacook, on 07/16/2009, -1/+2Netflix's distribution centers would mean Amazon charging tax in (I think) every state. No thanks.
- op12, on 07/16/2009, -2/+2Doubtful, since Amazon has quite a few distribution centers of their own already in several states, and I think only those in Washington (and maybe the affiliates New York because of that other lawsuit) pay sales tax right now.
- FritoPendejo, on 07/16/2009, -0/+0Calm down. Netflix is not going to suddenly restrict its service and alienate all of its customers.
- jer2eydevil88, on 07/16/2009, -5/+5If Netflix and Hulu were to stop operations it would only add additional fuel to the piracy movement. People want to watch TV/Movies by streaming them instantly and they will find a way even if the industry doesn't want them to have it.
The cake is a lie. - op12, on 07/16/2009, -1/+1@Nothlit: As in, streaming rentals, not actual physical discs.
- wooi83, on 09/15/2009, -0/+0Doesn't seems convincing~
- op12, on 07/16/2009, -3/+2Amazon already rents digital versions of DVDs.
- inactive, on 07/16/2009, -4/+3Wonder Twins ACTIVATE!!!
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