It's essentially the opposite of what everyone said would happen.
Consensus amongst many EHD regulars: Netflix would charge extra for streaming video. Reality: Netflix is effectively going to charge extra for those who want to still receive DVDs in the mail.
It does make sense, there is no way on Earth their streaming service is more expensive than storing and indexing millions of discs and shipping them around the country to and from individual homes. Yes, bandwidth has costs, but you're talking about tens of cents per movie at worst (probably mere cents for SD), vs dollars for shipping physical discs around.
Squiggie, charging more for over 90 percent of their clientele would be a disaster and poor business decision for Netflix. Those 90 percent would migrate to Blockbuster DVD service in a heartbeat if this were the case. Dont expect this to happen.
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It's essentially the opposite of what everyone said would happen.
Consensus amongst many EHD regulars: Netflix would charge extra for streaming video.
Reality: Netflix is effectively going to charge extra for those who want to still receive DVDs in the mail.
It does make sense, there is no way on Earth their streaming service is more expensive than storing and indexing millions of discs and shipping them around the country to and from individual homes. Yes, bandwidth has costs, but you're talking about tens of cents per movie at worst (probably mere cents for SD), vs dollars for shipping physical discs around.
Squiggie, charging more for over 90 percent of their clientele would be a disaster and poor business decision for Netflix. Those 90 percent would migrate to Blockbuster DVD service in a heartbeat if this were the case. Dont expect this to happen.
owen - if that's the case, then why aren't they leaving now? Why are they going to wait until Netflix comes up with the streaming only plan?