Stop Netflix Disc Rentals, Lose Your Queue
(Marike79)
With an unpopular change in its pricing and services, Netflix is splitting up its streaming and disc subscription offerings, forcing customers to choose a streaming-only or one-at-a-time disc-only plans at $7.99 a month each, or both at no bundled discount. But another choice Netflix is forcing subscribers to make is whether or not they value their queues.
A Reuters blog reports that doing away with streaming eliminates your old disc queue. When you're on a streaming-only plan and look up a non-streamable movie, you're asked to either sign up for a disc subscription plan or stream other suggestions. You can't add the movie to a queue.
Indiewire chimes in that, while Netflix records your search in a database, it doesn't currently offer a mechanism that notifies you if the movie becomes available to stream.
If you've moved to streaming-only, do you miss your old queue? And what do you do to keep track of movies you want to see?
The new dynamics of Netflix [Reuters via Indiewire]
Previously: Want Both Netflix Streaming And DVDs? That Will Now Be $15.98







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