Re:Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers (stock drops 28%)
by chadgeidel on Monday October 24, 2011 @08:00PM
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I personally am amazed that people's queue is not constantly full. Right now I have 178 disks in my "DVD" queue and 87 titles in my "Instant" queue (including series which take one slot).
Maybe there's a ton of stuff that I don't "need" to watch, but I can always find something interesting. I really don't consider myself a huge movie lover either.
Re:Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers (stock drops 28%)
by frek818 on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @12:01AM
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Hard to believe you have that many movies in your Instant Queue. Is this Reed Hasting? I admit that I find a unpopular movie that I enjoy sometimes. But I mostly sit through 5 boring unpopular movies before I find a gem.
Re:Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers (stock drops 28%)
by chadgeidel on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @10:27AM
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LOL - no I'm not Reed Hasting. I just throw stuff in there that I hear is good. I don't watch everything all the way through if it's not.
I watch about 2-3 movies and 2 TV shows a week though so it does take me a while to get through my queue.
Paradoxically, the unlimited movie buffet might be their undoing. There is a limited number of movies that are truly excellent and worth watching. Once you go through those good ones, you're left with the crap. Having unlimited watching quickly moves you from the good stuff to the crap, and then you cancel your subscription. Neflix faces a scarcity disconnect: its unlimited model says there is no scarcity but out in the real world good movies are still scarce.