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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. oh noes! by jollyreaper · · Score: -1, Troll

    One of my favorite features of Netflix, the video-rental-by-mail service, is 'profiles.' You see the blank expression on my face? This is me weeping for you on the inside.
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  2. 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.

  3. Re:Yes, I received the same notice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    REally? A old lady who probably lives on $200.00-$800 a month can easily get a netflix account. I love it when you snot nosed 20 something punks that think you know something spout off. You end up looking really stupid to your superiors.

    Old people cant afford things, get real you zero life experience snot-nosed brat.

    Honestly the CORRECT answer is for LUMPY to buy a netflix account for his mom. but you idiot kids dont use your brains, which is typical from what I see at work. Sorry for lashing out, but I am sick of you youngsters getting hired when you cant really do the job and ME having to clean up your mess.

    and honestly Lumpy's solution is quite good because you can strip the useless crap from the DVD"s and give her the movie only.

  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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.

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

    So, which part of Germany are you from?

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