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They announced it (Qwikster, I believe), and then they immediately canceled that plan after massive backlash.
by sxg 8y ago
They announced it (Qwikster, I believe), and then they immediately canceled that plan after massive backlash.
- paulcole 8y agoIt’s back. DVD.com is Netflix’s DVD by mail business.
- irrational 8y agoReally? I wonder how it will compete with Redbox? We rarely watch movies (we don't even have a Netflix subscription), but when we do it is a spur of the moment thing so we just run around the corner to redbox and grab something. Waiting for a movie in the mail? That's so 2010 ;-)
- scarface74 8y agoNetflix still has almost 3 million DVD subscribers. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/250940/quarterly-number-of-netflix-dvd-subscribers-in-the-us/#0 https://www.statista.com/statistics/250940/quarterly-number-...) They compete by having a larger library. But before you get too smug, the idea of going to Redbox to get a physical disc is not exactly cutting edge compared to just clicking on a button and renting a movie on demand from your cable provider/Apple/Amazon/Google/Vudu.
- irrational 8y agoSorry if I came off as smug. Wasn't my intent. We typically spend about $1-2 a month on Redbox. Any streaming movie rental would be at least four times that amount.
- scarface74 8y agoUsually $3.99-$5.99. I’m lazier than I am cheap. But honestly, most of my movies fall off the back of a truck onto my Plex server. And I was just giving you hard time about being smug.....
- ThePadawan 8y ago> We rarely watch movies (...), but when we do it is a spur of the moment thing so we just run around the corner to redbox and grab something (...) I find it fascinating that this is core idea that made Netflix so successful, they just rely on much lazier customers than you!
- skinnymuch 8y agoTheir library was far bigger than any storefront. Even if you never used the more rare stuff, it was a selling point.
- itronitron 8y agoYeah, that is a good example of a company making a badly timed business decision and ultimately recovering completely unscathed (although it seemed like they were in hot water at the time).