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Calendar Events / Announcements '06 I / Re: OT-Netflix Frequent Renters Beware!
« on: March 01, 2006, 03:05:42 AM »
I do have to say that I got a kick out of the part of the final paragragh in the article where the throttling is taken to absurdist extremes:
I'm tempted to get very angry about Netflix' throttling policy. I mean, what's next? Will my newspaper get delivered later because I read too much of it? Will my food cost more because I enjoy it too much?
but only because it's so absurd that it's funny - and no one can seriously believe things will ever come to anything like that. But it's also interesting how the article claims Netflix has had to settle lawsuits which have presumably forced them to reveal their little "fairness algorithm." Several of the comments after the article are interesting as well. Though I've read enough such comments from people on the Internet to know that they don't always definitively represent the reality of any given situation. For instance, I've read comments from people who've railed against a particular product as a piece of junk when I've actually found the very same product to be quite useful and have been very satisfied with it. Needless to say, there's just no pleasing everyone. But so far as Netflix is concerned, I don't use the service, nor do any of my friends, so I can't make any sort of informed comment about them. But if I was to join, I'd definitely be one of their "profitable customers" because I'm normally lucky if I can find the time to watch one or two DVDs a month, much less three or more. But then I tend to gravitate toward DVDs with loads of extras, so it's not just a matter of simply watching the film. It's normally the film, the commentaries, the featurettes, and who knows how many other things.
I'm tempted to get very angry about Netflix' throttling policy. I mean, what's next? Will my newspaper get delivered later because I read too much of it? Will my food cost more because I enjoy it too much?
but only because it's so absurd that it's funny - and no one can seriously believe things will ever come to anything like that. But it's also interesting how the article claims Netflix has had to settle lawsuits which have presumably forced them to reveal their little "fairness algorithm." Several of the comments after the article are interesting as well. Though I've read enough such comments from people on the Internet to know that they don't always definitively represent the reality of any given situation. For instance, I've read comments from people who've railed against a particular product as a piece of junk when I've actually found the very same product to be quite useful and have been very satisfied with it. Needless to say, there's just no pleasing everyone. But so far as Netflix is concerned, I don't use the service, nor do any of my friends, so I can't make any sort of informed comment about them. But if I was to join, I'd definitely be one of their "profitable customers" because I'm normally lucky if I can find the time to watch one or two DVDs a month, much less three or more. But then I tend to gravitate toward DVDs with loads of extras, so it's not just a matter of simply watching the film. It's normally the film, the commentaries, the featurettes, and who knows how many other things.