Re:Millions Watch Netflix Without Paying [video]
by yardie on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:21PM
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It's referring to the 2 week free trial Netflix did a few weeks ago. A lot of people signed up, watched House of Cards for 2 weeks and then cancelled the subscription. How many of those freebies translated to subscriptions, I don't know. I've been a Netflix subscriber, on and off, for over a decade and I got started with a free month sign up card that was with the DVD player I bought.
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Re:Millions Watch Netflix Without Paying [video]
by incision on Friday May 03, 2013 @01:06PM
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>A lot of people signed up, watched House of Cards for 2 weeks and then cancelled the subscription.
Nope.
Hastings also says that almost no one signed up — for free, for a month-long trial — to watch the show and then left Netflix afterward. “There was very little free-trial gaming — less than 8,000 people did this, out of millions of free trials in the quarter.” [1]
1: http://allthingsd.com/20130422/netflix-says-its-house-of-car...
Re:Millions Watch Netflix Without Paying [video]
by outside1234 on Friday May 03, 2013 @03:49PM
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i did this. i'll do it again for Arrested Development. Good content is worth it - the back catalog is not.
Re:Millions Watch Netflix Without Paying [video]
by rgbrenner on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:29PM
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Really? Did you actually watch the video? The video is 24 seconds, and no where did they say that. She said "netflix lets friends and family share one account", and the ceo has said they may restrict that policy or raise prices because of it.