Netflix - Not bad! Qwikster - uh, never mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Tn8n5CIPk

finding this guys "sorry guys, really sorry" attitude to not be very winning

the video was . . . not good

maybe the dvd version is better

i can't believe they're serious about this, it sounds like a bad SNL joke

http://i.imgur.com/cKevd.png

sqwikster

yeah p sure this is a horrible idea

http://twitter.com/#!/Qwikster

Anyway, you can't kill Blockbuster and then leave me without an avenue with which to to watch Prom soon after it is released.

In the weekly set of coupons I get via snailmail, Blockbuster has supplied a flier for a "Goodbye Netfilx/Hello Blockbuster" 30 day free trial program. This is probably the best thing to happen to them in a long time.

http://twitter.com/#!/Qwikster

― markers, Sunday, September 18, 2011 7:38 PM (21 seconds ago)

omg looool

Don't bother telling me who my ex is now dating ! Cuzz now I feel bad for the bitch that has my sloppy seconds :)

this made me lol hard:

It’s hard for me to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary and best: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to “Qwikster”.

the solemn buildup

http://www.akoelectrical.co.uk/images/kwik_save.jpg

NOT SINCE
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/AmwayPh2.gif

qwikster is a dumb name, but otherwise i am ok with this. they are pushing new users to the streaming service (which is the way of the future and probably a lot more profitable) by giving it the known brand name.

The amway coincidence is hilar

That said I doubt this will be a partic big deal

It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology. Let me explain what we are doing

i'm pretty sure ppl are upset about being charged more for a service that is getting worse instead of better. not a concern about respect + humility

this lame "apology" makes me want to quit netflix more than the price hike

http://silentstephi.com/Misc/shoot-the-hostage.jpg

This is just laughably disingenuous to do this in the form of an "apology." All they're doing is further putting the screws in about having to pay twice.

"And to make up for my poor communication, we're making sure you will no longer be able to conveniently cross-check queues to which in your dvd queue are also streaming. Fuck you very much."

"to SEE which MOVIES in your...."

http://www.tvacres.com/images/nestle_bunny2.gif

Kenneth Kufluk · San Francisco, California
If a film I search for on Netflix is not available for streaming, will the website still tell me if the DVD is available?

Or must I search twice?

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Reed Hastings · Top Commenter · Netflix
ouch. You'd have to search the second place if we didn't have it in the first place.

this actually makes me want to cancel my service more than the dual-fare (which was still not unreasonable imo)... there is no way I am paying for anything named qwikster

New corporate mascot:

http://fabliz.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/quik-bunny1.jpg

Peoples complaining about the Netflix price hike is probably the lowest point of the Entitlement Generation, real talk

Not complaining abt the price hike, now it's just a lesser product they are trying to justify as "innovation"

I meant the grousing that forced this guy to "apologize"

price hike didn't bug me, splitting the physical/streaming biz is straight up garbage tho

this is like marketing 101, don't dilute yr brand

hey let's take a business built on ease-of-use and make it needlessly complex PROFIT

I guess if their ultimate goal is to kill off the DVD side of the house kudos they are off to a flying start

I never used the mail thing, was a price cut for me

I guess if their ultimate goal is to kill off the DVD side of the house kudos they are off to a flying start

seriously! They should have just sent me an e-mail saying "we'd appreciate it if you'd reconsider the necessity of mail DVD rental in your life"

I never rly used the streams afaik

And at the same time, used DVDs are getting cheaper and cheaper to buy.

It was a price cut for me too iirc.

Due to rising transportation costs our prices effective January 1 will be $424.99 per DVD per month. We're so sorry! Thank you for your support of Qwikster!

Putting all their bets on streaming is risky, if ISPs continue throttling or start charging based on GBs/TBs.

nearly every movie ever made is published on DVD

biggest lol in awhile

Any move away from physical media is A++++

physical media forever

physical media forever

― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Monday, September 19, 2011 10:26 AM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

My computer can't play streaming + I can't afford a new one + tons of shit isn't on streaming anyway = I'm OK with this.

Due to rising transportation costs our prices effective January 1 will be $424.99 per DVD per month. We're so sorry! Thank you for your support of Qwikster!

― black metal version of "the boy with the thorn in his side" (Edward III), Monday, September 19, 2011 10:06 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

Thought this was an iatee or dayo post for a second.

In theory I love the idea of streaming, but it rarely works for us. Whenever we stream through the PS3 we spend more time staring at the "loading..." icon than we do watching any actual content. I mean, yeah, sucks to wait for a physical DVD to show up in the mail, but I also prefer to watch movies and shows straight through without forced "loading..." breaks.

Jon OTM

Like, the industry got everyone to transfer over to these $900 HD TVs and now we're supposed to be psyched about watching pixelly choppy internet streams on them? Get the fuck outta here.

I'm a GROWN-ASS MAN, not some toast-eating college kid watching Good Burger on a hot laptop. I got the Netflix blu-ray plan and enough patience to wait A SINGLE DAY for something to show up.

Our streaming works very well most of the time, but there have been occassional issues with image quality.