[citation][nom]D_Kuhn[/nom]I've been a streaming Netflix customer since the beginning... but I always figured the prices weren't going to stay low once enough people started using it. Low prices were like the free crack sample... to get enough people hooked.Now that there's a bunch of us using streaming... you're going to get price increases and competition. Of course the competition isn't competition for consumers... but rather for the content providers. Providers like Starz will shop out their media to the highest bidder, meaning higher prices for the consumer. Sucks to be us.[/citation]
its not going up because they want to, its because they are being charged a crap ton by studios. they are the worst part about movies.
that said.
[citation][nom]shqtth[/nom]Any time prices go up, people will bitch.But things have to be profitable. Taking how muhc movies people watch/stream, keeping things cheap to get more customers, take a long time to pay off, as I am sure people use a lot of bandwidth/server power etc. So, prices do have to go up to something reasoable to help pay for stuff and help to pay for new stuff.Loosing bundling isn't a big deal, becuase the two services are pretty cheap.So why is people complaining over $16 ? Don't be so cheap, get a job.A movie channel on cable is $8+, and it usually crappy mobvies all the time, and good movies when you are not watching. Also to rent a DVD usually costs $5+, so if you just have more then 1 dvd out from netflix a month, it pays for itself + you can keep it as long as you want + watch it when you want.So $16 is peanuts. Yes it sucks when prices go up, but they were really really really cheap when it first came out. What can you espect? almost freebies forever? Candies and comics use to be $.05 !!!Neflix works on up to 5 consoles at once, so my dad is using it at his house on his WII, and I am too. So I am more hten getting my value out of netflix.[/citation]
i agree with you, but at the same time, i despise when people tell others "get a job" because the fact is, even if you aren't blowing your money, at the end of any given month, you should count yourself lucky if you even have 100$ left over.
i can get where people complain that they have to pay... what, 6$ more, a month, but i also look at what you get for that extra 6...