Easy Rhinoi'm not canceling because $8 is super cheap for unlimited streaming and $16 is super cheap for that plus the dvd option and there are no other alternatives as close without commercials. i dont see how that can price anyone out of the market. just buy one less donut per day.

xenocideYou can say Netflix was undervalued, but the fact that they are losing what little content they have\had from Studios most likely means anything I'm interested in is on its way out. I buy plenty of Movies and when possible watch them on TV or Hulu, but there are just so many arbitrary restrictions these days it's ridiculous. It's just like the music industry was 10 years ago. Something comes out that threatens their business model that leaves the customer with little option but to suffer, and they immediately attack it.

If all the movie\television studios embraced Netflix and Netflix then charged $15-20 a month but you could Stream ANYTHING, I would happily pay it. Instead, we got a million B-or-worse Movies, and a handful of seasons of good TV shows. It's currently at the point where Netflix was ahead of its time and will suffer because the support-structure for it's business are unwilling to change. Cable companies make infinitely more money from Advertising on their networks than they do through offering their content to Netflix, regardless of the price Netflix sets.

H82LUZ73Do you have cable internet provider by chance? When I had Netflix Cogeco started charging me an extra $50 more fee for my Internet plus $1 more for every gig I went over my 60 gig cap, So no it is not streaming at all it still counts as downloads they told me, The first month on Netflix I had over 120 gig on my downloads, That is from 3 in the house watching movie, tv all through the Samsung Blu Ray player and not on the PC that are so called streaming....So were is the damn savings in that future .....You get to spend $16 for the membership(a month x12) then your Internet provider takes $150x12 more get real I spent like $58x12 month on rentals ....So which is cheaper .

AsRockMaybe the long time members have no right to complain then but it was never free for us ( member since May 23, 2010 ), when we joined they charge around $7 per service $3 per extra disk and $3 for bluray access.

newtekie1In 2010 Streaming was free. You paid for your DVD plan, and got streaming along with it, if you signed up in May, 2010 you got streaming for free. It was only recently that they started charging an extra fee for streaming, and that is why people got pissed.

Easy Rhinoi think a lot of it is just plain bitterness. customers do not like to feel taken advantage of whether they actually are or not.

KreijI agree, it's a great deal for me too.
The local video store charges $3 for a new release.
If you bring it back two days late it costs you $9.
That's more than the monthly fee ($7.99) for my netflix sub which I can usually get 8 or 9 movies per month and don't have to worry about how long I have them.
I've also found the movie DVDs I get from netflix are in far better physical condition than the ones from the local store.
Plus I don't have to drive a 15 mile round trip to the video store.

[H]@RD5TUFFExactly, I understand why it's happening, but that doesn't mean I have to like it, but one should understand why things are happening before rage quiting.

Easy Rhinotrue. in life i tend not to cry much about these little things. in context of a tech forum sure people will talk seriously about something like this, but i hope in the grand scheme of things a netflix price hike doesnt make them rage life. it sure sounds like it does make them want to rage quit life though judging by their posts.

qubitI have to agree, things like job security and health are much more important. :)

I think there's just something about the semi-anonymity of an internet forum that encourages people to rage and vent so much.

purefun65red box bluray $1.50 and rip em. no contest!

Easy Rhinomeh, i don't see the big deal. if you think it is too much money then drop the service because it doesn't sound like they are going to make streaming free again. people should just move on with their lives. i for one will continue to support netflix however. $16 is super cheap for me.

EchoManPeople complaining about 8$ a month for streaming video, lol how cheap are you? and what do you expect?

Netflix will be dead within a year, since every media corp wants their own streaming service. Was good while it lasted. Enjoy paying 10$+ a month for each individual network in the future.

DannibusXI wonder if Starz and other content owners would benefit from charging services like Netflix less money if these companies would stop signing exclusivity deals with content providers. Meaning content providers have the opportunity to make more money by making their content available in more areas and spurring competition amongst Netflix, Hulu, Comcast, etc.