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Netflix Pioneers Industry To Get Left in the Dust?

Posted by Zonk on from the brave-little-tailor dept.

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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  1. Re:TiVo, Netflix, ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't worry. You should be fine so long as you're using Windows, MacOSX, or Linux. Can't speak for the other one, though...

  2. Re:TiVo, Netflix, ... by Glendale2x · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn... beat me by a few seconds.

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  4. Re:Netflix is a Dishonest Company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah I can recomend another. Bittorrent.

  5. I DON'T WORK THERE, NOR DOES ANYONE I KNOW by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but yea, there's this huge conspiracy that they hold on to my rentals ... right

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  6. Re:Could it be? by multimed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What church would that be? I've been thinking it's about time I found the God. Or at least, appreciated the beauty of his creations.

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