OT: Netflix rate increase

so will you still not be able to view the new releases with the streaming?? or will you be able to with the new plan?

I was pretty ticked when I got this e-mail myself.

I am going to just get the streaming.

Bye Bye Netflix. It was nice knowing you.

I just cancelled my subscription.  Amazon prime is $40 (for students) and you get a bunch of videos from there plus 2 day shipping.  Good enough for me.

If anyone else pays attention to that sort of thing, it's time to dump Netflix stock. The company has had a ridiculous run the last year or so, increasing stock price about ten-fold (off the top of my head) and membership about 30%. But their problem is three-pronged:

1) People are starting to realize their streaming selection sucks and they're moving to other services (HBOGo, anyone?)

2) Amazon, Apple, et al are wanting to become major players in the marketplace and have the cash to drive up the price of contracts with movie studios

3) Netflix's contracts all need to be renegotiated in the next year or two. There's no way they'll be able to secure deals financially similar to the current ones, and to maintain even the disappointing selection of streaming content they'll have to pony up beaucoup bucks (see #2)

All of this leads to price increases and, I imagine, more price increases down the road. Short sale anyone?

I may cancel all together. Although then what would I do? Basically how I feel about Comcast too.

We are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into two separate plans to better reflect the costs of each

Edit: I'm sorry, I just can't get it in the box.

How else I am going to watch all the episodes of Top Gear ?

Go Blue

Now I'm starting to wish all of those rental stores didn't go out of business by my house

I was annoyed when I got this earlier as well.  I plan on cancelling my subscription.  With all the competition, it seems like this won't work out too well for them. 

Netflix is doing all that it can to keep you from getting DVDs.

I have the highest ranking Netflix Queue Manager in the app store (link icon by Monumental) and a month ago they told us that they would no longer give API access to people's DVD queues.

Basically, after October, the only way you can manage your DVD queue is through the website.  No Roku, no game consoles, no Android, no iPhone, no DVD players, etc.

You could see this coming when the Netflix App didn't have DVD queue access.  Then they removed DVD queue access from all sorts of other devices.  It was just a matter of time.  DVDs are a pain to Netflix.  You have to store them, you have to replace them, you have to ship them.

Unfortunately, they have no content of their own, and will have to pay higher and higher prices to the studios for access to their movies.

It'll be interesting to see how much less use the app will see.  It could be an early indication of the effect on the business.

Just get HBO and be done with it. They have the best shows on tv and most of the best movies. I got a good deal from Time Warner.I have HBO, Showtime, and Starz, all for 15 bucks a month.

They better offer new releases on streaming and DVD at the same time! I hate that you cant stream new movies now.

Too much of an increase. We're switching to streaming only now.

"Streaming Content Licensing Costs To Rise From $180 Million In 2010 To $1.98 Billion In 2012" - per CNN money

http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/08/technology/netflix_starz_contract/

"Streaming Content Licensing Costs To Rise From $180 Million In 2010 To $1.98 Billion In 2012" - per CNN money

http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/08/technology/netflix_starz_contract/

Netflix was one of the very few companies doing right by its customers. I knew this day would come where they would seperate the original $8 plan and charge for both at double the rate. They're pretty slick in how they did it. Bump up once for a few bucks (6-8 months ago), and then a year later bump it up again by another $8. We're still having economic problems in the US and around the world in general and they decide to raise rates. Seriously, do these companies think before they do this? I had to dump my Directv because they raised my rates 3 times in 2 years. I will be dumping my DVD plan and begin using Redbox. Netflix is pretty much killing their Golden Goose.

I'd pay $20/month if they'd just put everything on streaming.  I use it so much off my PS3.  I used the DVD feature a bit in the beginning but I got sick of one DVD at a time.  I already have HBO and Showtime at home (thanks Comcast, you're not as shitty as I thought) so I may just do away with this all together.  I do enjoy some of the older movies they have (about to settle in for some Dumb and Dumber), the docs are pretty good, and they have all (or most) the seasons of some good shows (the Office, 30 Rock, TBB, etc.)  It might be worth keeping around for $10/month. 

Now both of them are screwing over their most loyal consumers. Sirius now charges to listen online when it was free and now this with netflix. Good job fellas

Thats why Usenet was made, well not really but it sure has worked out for the best!

I would guess that this huge jump is because the current model was unstustainable.  I know the economy is bad and such, but a lot of the Netflix deals with content producers are set to expire in the coming few years, and Netflix had amazing deals that they won't be able to get again.  Their costs are about to go up, probably even more than the 50% they are raising rates.  And even so, $15 a month for streaming plus a dvd is a pretty good deal.

they posted this on their blog and left the comments on, but capped them at 5000. it's a bloodbath in there with probably 90% or better canceling before the price hike.

Used to be able to justify the 2 dvd plan pretty easily given value relative to renting movies / theater / alternatives. Now, since I don't use it that month, another 50% premium doesn't seem merited, nor does DVD-only or online-only appeal to my needs.

Tempted to drop it for a while just to see if/how it matters. Seems too easy to cling to something like Netflix when you probably wouldn't even realize if it was gone and now would save $200-$300/yr.