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Netflix To Eliminate Profiles Feature

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-profile-for-you dept.

Donald Burr of Borg writes "One of my favorite features of Netflix, the video-rental-by-mail service, is 'profiles.' Profiles lets you create 'sub-accounts' for your friends/family, so that they can share in the video rental love. Each profile gets his/her own Netflix queue that he/she can manage with their own login/password. You can divide up how many movies get sent to you vs. the other profiles under your account. E.g. if you have a 6-out-at-once plan, you can choose to get 3 movies at a time, and have 3 other profiles each receive 1 movie. Unfortunately, the fun stops September 1, at which point Netflix is, for unknown reasons, going to terminate this feature. Why? To '...help us to continue to improve the Netflix website for all our customers.' Improvement indeed."

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  1. Re:Yes, I received the same notice. by tgd · · Score: 1, Troll

    My first thought was someone sued them quietly for patent infringement and they settled.

    If that's the case, that's a big cost savings.

  2. Re:I'm not sure how it improves things... by Invalidator · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yet another example of market-speak corrupting the language. But, blame belongs with the Nazis - they started it: the sign at Auschwitz read "Arbeit macht frei."

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    ~_~ Not tonight, dear, I have a modem.

  3. Re:Yes, I received the same notice. by morari · · Score: 0, Troll
    Shhh! Don't tell them that!

    I really hope that all of these people do quit because of this subtle omission of features. Maybe then I can stop being hit by "Very long Wait" tags throughout my queue.

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    "He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
  4. Re:My Email to Netflix by morari · · Score: 0, Troll
    Next time, perhaps you should try marrying someone with similar tastes.

    Furthermore, why not just sign-up for two accounts? Is the price of having two "one-at-a-time" accounts that disproportionate to the price of one "two-at-a-time" account?

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    "He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
  5. Come on, Apple by Snap+E+Tom · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hurry up and increase your library size, because I'm canceling my Netflix at the end of August.

  6. Re:Obligatory by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, which part of Germany are you from?

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."