reggieandTFE
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Are there breakdowns of where those subscribers are? I gotta imagine they're hitting a ceiling in the US; everyone either has a subscription, has access to someone else's or is old.
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Netflix now has more than 75 million subscribers
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Marty Chinn
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The other thread made it sound like there was going to be a massive exodus if Netflix closed the back door.
Man how cheap does someone have to be to do this?
Neflix has a plan that allows 4 connections. My family shares the bill, and has for years between 3 houses.
Vocal minority.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Gave my password out to a few friends while I was at uni, why not?
Orbis Tabula
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Jesus Christ. I had no idea it was even near that. Wow.
It's a shame Blockbuster didn't buy Netflix when they were offered it.
http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-how-blockbuster-could-have-owned-netflix-1200823443/
I share an account with a friend. Am I morally bankrupt for doing that to?
serenewarfare
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You are on NeoGAF. A "massive" wave of complaints about something here is the equivalent of throwing a pebble at the ocean.
They deserved to sink after that.
Orbis Tabula
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Hey, guys!
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What a ride it's been. One of the best and forward thinking pivots in business history.
That's because, from what I've read, it wasn't really a pivot. Netflix as it is now was the original plan. Guy wanted a movie and TV streaming service, but streaming tech wasn't ready yet. So he did DVDs by mail as a way to pass the time and get a foot in the door until the market and tech was there.
1st Course
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45 million in US. 30 million outside US.
Netflix currently has 37.5% penetration rate among households in US (overall there are 120 million households in US)
smokeandmirrors
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Boy if netflix could somehow get live sports....
psynergylover
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Netflix + Hulu + HBO GO = dafuq is cable?
farmerboy
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I'm in oz and i subscribe to Netflix Quickflix and Stan.
$30 bucks a month total. I stream mainly from netflix. I also stream from Stan though their streaming isn't a patch on netflix. I only do it cos it broadens the shows I have available to me.
Seriously, I don't get why a streaming service doesn't offer the same content wherever it's available.
Also quickflix for my blu rays. Still love my physical media. Gotta have me my bitrates!
But good on netflix. It's a great service.
$30 bucks a month total. I stream mainly from netflix. I also stream from Stan though their streaming isn't a patch on netflix. I only do it cos it broadens the shows I have available to me.
Seriously, I don't get why a streaming service doesn't offer the same content wherever it's available.
Also quickflix for my blu rays. Still love my physical media. Gotta have me my bitrates!
But good on netflix. It's a great service.
It's amazing how well Netflix turned things around. I still remember how grim their outlook was about 5 years ago. I've been subscribing since the DVD by mail days and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon given how good their original content has been.
And on top of all that they have some really awesome projects they've contributed to the open source community.
And on top of all that they have some really awesome projects they've contributed to the open source community.
darkinstinct
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Those intenational losses are not a good sign. They have grow internationally because the US market is done but all that growth does to them is cost money. I think they underestimated the existing European streaming services.
entremet
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The Technomancer
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My parents still use the disc service. Its an incredible catalog if you don't mind waiting. I hope they don't retire it for a while
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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The VPN shutdown outrage is one of those most "There's dozens of us! DOZENS!" situations I've ever seen. It sucks for those that are going to lose a lot of content, but it's not gonna to have an appreciable impact on Netflix's subscriber base.
wanderingprostheyltite
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When it was still pretty new I remember being blown away by the quality and amount of content, using it on my 360 in a dorm like seven years ago or whatever it was. This was when you still had to add movies from the site to your queue to see them appear on your list on the 360 app. Recall watching a documentary that followed David Lynch around while he was filming Lost Highway, was impressed they had something like that on there.
Now all I do is watch shows I've already seen 3-4x over xD
Now all I do is watch shows I've already seen 3-4x over xD
Wuthering_Heights
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Marty Chinn
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I wasn't serious. I was more mocking the people suggesting the exodus. I forget sometimes typing things out can be hard to read the tone sometimes.
Netflix is an amazing deal and the fact that someone has trouble paying the $8 - $10 a month for all that content available bothers me in the way that media is being devalued.
It's a good thing they didn't. Had they bought Netflix, we probably wouldn't have what we do today. Netflix as we know it wouldn't exist.
Ya, I hope this sticks around for awhile. There's a wealth of content that's only available through disc only compared to what Netflix streaming offers. I wouldn't want to do without the disc side of things for some time to come.
Does anything not bother you?
Sorry if people try to not spend to much money and have less than you. Is like you can't understand people have different ways to spend money.
Is the only right thing to you to spend the most you can instead of trying to find cheap alternatives?
Whatever, there's no point. But your attitude of "trying to pay less is wrong!" really bothers me. I guess I shouldn't buy things on sale either. Ugh.
Hell, Netflix says it's alright and allows for two profiles at the same time. It's part of their service.
Whatever.
My local one turned into a Pet equipment store.
MisterHero
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Full House is about to take over the mainstream once again!
BELIEVE
BELIEVE
Marty Chinn
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I get people not wanting to spend $100 a month on cable. $30 to $50 on a season of TV shows, $20 for a single movie, etc. I get buying things on sale too to get the best value. I'm not even against trying to get the best deal as I tried to advocate against using Amazon Prime's 20% off since GCU is a better deal. But at some point I feel that someone should at least pay something. Netflix's rate seems more than reasonable, especially compared to what everything else costs.
bigmit3737
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Their domestic growth was dissapointing it seems. Out of the 5.7 ?million new subsxrivers only around 1.5 Million were domestic (American ) which usually have the best margins. Despite the stock flying up, I think they didn't beat Wall Street expectations for domestic growth .( unless I heard the news wrong )
Meanwhile at Blockbuster:
To be fair Family Video is alive and kicking
What about Hollywood Video?
The Faceless Master
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when i was on vacation in the Caribbean i looked at Netflix and they had all sorts of good shit that i couldn't get in the US.
No idea, we just have Family Videos
The original programming is a great way to solidify their position and only build their strength from this point on. Their own shows seem to be mostly great so far. Smart that they're actually using their profit to make their service more enticing with original content rather than just acquiring more of everyone else's content. I feel that's a key step many companies in power miss
Marty Chinn
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They have to do this and it's good they are getting recognition for their titles and growing it. At some point it's going to be more just their content and less licensed content so that they're not at the mercy of the content providers. At some point they'll just be kind of their own channel though instead of this more wide range of content. It'll be curious to see when that cross over point is where they no longer have to license content and can survive on their own stuff.
In the US, Netflix isn't great for movies. Netflix shines when you're watching TV shows.
Google is theoretically ready to do this with sports... how have they not capitalized on this? There was the rumor that Google was going after the NFL TV rights to air them over Youtube...
They make it really fucking convenient. I know a few people that share, but mostly because at some point someone logged in for something and then they just didn't care or one party didn't need those extra connections. Roommates moved out and shit like that, and no one cares. I'm pretty sure a lot of them would get their own connection if they needed to.
Though it's kind of funny comparing this reaction to netflix sharing to threads about spotify and such where people refuse to pay and only want free. Some people really are cheap and don't actually want to spend that 10 bucks.
kavanf1
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Profits = revenue minus expenses. Their expenses will be very high thanks to how much they're expanding. They're still raking it in though, and deservedly so.
Would definitely subscribe to this if they did. So many great HBO shows. I've still never seen The Wire in HD.
US gets quantity, but all the new stuff is on the foreign Netflix markets.
Netflix Canada and Netflix UK often get new movies and shows long before the US does.
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