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Re:Reed Hastings responds to criticisms and announces Qwikster by Vexenon on Monday September 19, 2011 @12:48AM (#3012302)
When I think of the term Netflix, I think of watching flicks on the Internet. I'm sure a lot of people don't look at it that way, but the term Netflix makes a lot of sense when referring to a streaming service (as opposed to a service that rents out physical media).

I know a lot of non-savvy people probably can't make that connection, but I think the company will make it clear that Netflix is no longer the place for DVDs.

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Re:Reed Hastings responds to criticisms and announces Qwikster by grourk on Monday September 19, 2011 @03:34AM (#3012692)
When I think of Netflix, I think of renting flicks on the net... which is, um, what the original name meant. Also there's the whole last decade of this association.

When I think of Qwikster, I do not think of anything related to DVD by mail. The only associations that come to mind are Friendster and Quixtar. It sounds cheesy and cheap and fly-by-night.

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