Comments on: Netflix: The Future Is Streaming

By: NRaley

NRaley — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:12:25 +0000

To quote the article above, “But at the end of the day, the company boils down its success to one key message: Its business depends primarily on keeping its customers happy. “It’s pretty simple,” the slideshow says. “If subscribers keep raving about Netflix, we will prosper.”…”

As of January 19, 2011 at 6:03pm cst, the Netflix blog has over 4700 comments to a post that Jamie Odell (director of project management for Netflix) left about removal of the DVD queue in streaming media devices. An article that Yahoo.com posted on their main page about Netflix doing away with DVD rentals in the next two years has also helped to fuel the blogs comments. The majority of these comments are angry Netflix customers.

As of this writing, Netflix has yet to address any of these comments or concerns that their customers (again over 4700 of them) are posting.

Tell me AGAIN how Netflix is going to survive as they do not seem very interested in their customers “happiness” or satisfaction at this point and time.

NRaley

By: JoanieD

JoanieD — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:08:35 +0000

There are plenty of rural people, including myself that can only afford dial up. Dial up or mediocre wireless ISPs like AT&T cannot stream video effectively either in many rural areas. We country people prefer DVDs. Let’s face it. Renting was cheaper than buying the DVD outright. The future may be streaming but the poor will be left out when they can’t afford Broadband, Satellite or cable.
Thank God I still have my antennae and digital TV…but I only get three channels.

By: Mabel Williams

Mabel Williams — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:54:33 +0000

I realize that the world is moving forward with update technology; however, you will be leaving most older retirees and those families that live in the rural areas out of the loop. For a lot of us, we can still afford the 10 a month movies that we can watch in our own homes, since driving into town gets very costly these days. We also don’t have access to the technology that gets us fast internet service to watch movies instantly, though we are promised that we will in the future. That might not be in the next two years. Please try to keep part of your industry compassionate towards the rural and older folks in our country.

I live in the country and have been a netflix user for the last 3 years years and my husband and I enjoy getting a movie through the mail at least twice a week. We may not have all the conveniences that you have in the cities; however, we can at least enjoy a movie once in a while.

By: chris buzzelli

chris buzzelli — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:53:09 +0000

What about the truck drivers wow netfilx.. they will be lay off

By: Randall S. Allen

Randall S. Allen — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:42:30 +0000

Don’t limit your resources to save a buck, What are you going to do next to save a buck? layoff your employees or move your business overseas? I am so sick of american companies useing the economy as an excuse to squeeze in an extra buck into your own greedy pockets. I work for the Boeing company, believe me I know big business and they make me want to throw-up with thier lies and whinning about not making enough profit. Even your idea adds to the demize of this country. The best way to take care of this country is to take care of the people of this country, not to limit or dissolve thier benifits and thier jobs. the government should send the people a bail-out check so we can start over, that will instantly solve all money problems. Run for president with that as your platform and you’ll when or get assassinated.

By: john

john — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:14:57 +0000

I won’t pay more than 10 bucks a month—otherwise I will find other ways to get movies! forget 3 or 4 dollars a movie–pirates only!

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