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I still think the breakup from Netflix to Netflix+Qwikster (or whatever was the name) would be the right move back then. Maybe it was too soon and poorly commu
by runn1ng 9y ago
I still think the breakup from Netflix to Netflix+Qwikster (or whatever was the name) would be the right move back then.
Maybe it was too soon and poorly communicated, but they were right 6 years ago that streaming was the future and DVD lending was the legacy product.
Anyway they survived that PR blunder, luckily.
edit: and it seems they separated the DVD subscription anyway, to DVD.com. Well that makes sense.
- dublinben 9y agoThe DVD subscription service is still far better than the streaming service if you actually want to watch recent or not-so recent Hollywood content. The streaming service has lost most of its mainstream catalog, in favor of original content.
- chiph 9y agoThe physical disc catalog seems to be culled as well by not replacing lost/broken discs. My saved queue seldom gets any smaller. People ask me why I still get discs, and the answer is "guaranteed bandwidth". I get no blockiness or drop-outs when watching. :)
- op00to 9y agoI don't get blockiness or drop-outs either via streaming. My ISP forced Netflix to pay their peering tax, though.
- Aron 9y agoYeah it became one of those cliches everyone repeats about it being 'the Qwikster debacle'. Complete nonsense. They discounted streaming to move their customer base into it, and that created a deficit when they had to charge for it. There was gonna be pain. If you look at the numbers, they had returned to full growth and higher subscriber numbers within 9 months but now completely butterflied into a streaming company ready for the future. Only thing I think it might have hurt a bit is that Netflix remains too low a price IMO.