Netflix Pioneers Industry To Get Left in the Dust?

prostoalex writes "The New York Times profiles Netflix, the company that pioneered subscription-based DVD plans where a disc is sent via postal service and no late fee is charged. It describes the company from May 1998, when it originally launched the Web site as a DVD-by-mail rental service (with late fees). Interesting factoids: Netflix operates 30 centers around the country and 11% of San Francisco residents subscribe to the service. Turns out, the company is not really afraid of Blockbuster, Wal-mart and Amazon moving into their markets, but they do consider on-demand Internet-download services to be a threat to their business model."

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Discriminatory

[meehawl]

your choice of adverb is fundamentally incorrect

My choice of words was fundamentally deliberate, thanks very much. If you advertise a service as "unlimitged" then it should be so. Any caveats or restrictions should be announced clearly and categorically. Netflix's built-in mode of silent discrimination is not not announced and, as such, is therefore discriminatory and practised haphazardly. I know this because, if you whine to the CSRs, they can enter a code, bump you on the list, and your movies arrive post-haste. This kind of arbitrariness is just bad business, and bad ethics.