{"id":3899,"date":"2018-08-26T17:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/08\/26\/three-million-people-still-use-netflix-to-rent-dvds-presumably-to-avoid-late-fees\/"},"modified":"2018-08-26T17:26:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T17:26:32","slug":"three-million-people-still-use-netflix-to-rent-dvds-presumably-to-avoid-late-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/08\/26\/three-million-people-still-use-netflix-to-rent-dvds-presumably-to-avoid-late-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Million People Still Use Netflix to Rent DVDs, Presumably to Avoid Late Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have forgotten that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\">Netflix<\/a> still mails DVDs to people, but three million subscribers haven&#8217;t. That&#8217;s according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/digital\/news\/netflix-streaming-dvds-original-programming-1202910483\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a> report on the company&#8217;s state of affairs, which notes that, at $7.99 per month or higher, the streaming giant&#8217;s DVD plans bring in around $50 million per quarter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/08\/the-innocents-review-netflix-shape-shifting-teenage-romance-norway-1201997547\/\" title=\"\u2018The Innocents\u2019 Review: Netflix\u2019s Bonkers Shapeshifting Drama Revels in the Chaotic Messiness of Love\">\u2018The Innocents\u2019 Review: Netflix\u2019s Bonkers Shapeshifting Drama Revels in the Chaotic Messiness of Love<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>That&#8217;s money that Netflix might not be making had its short-lived, ill-fated Qwikster spinoff actually panned out. If you&#8217;ve already forgotten about that poorly named venture, a reminder: Netflix was already growing tired of physical media back in 2011, and in an effort to hasten its transition toward a streaming-only platform announced its DVD offerings would now be under the guise of a new brand. (Making the whole thing even better was the company&#8217;s failure to secure the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qwikster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@Qwikster<\/a> handle on Twitter, which belonged to a teenager who frequently tweeted about marijuana.)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/08\/netflix-new-movies-september-black-panther-1201996746\/\" title=\"New to Netflix in September: \u2018Black Panther,\u2019 \u2018A Wrinkle in Time,\u2019 and \u2018The Breakfast Club\u2019\">New to Netflix in September: \u2018Black Panther,\u2019 \u2018A Wrinkle in Time,\u2019 and \u2018The Breakfast Club\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Still, those three million subscribers are dwarfed by the approximately 130 million users currently signed up for Netflix&#8217;s streaming service. Speaking to Variety, CEO Ted Sarandos said that the company \u201cnever spent one minute trying to save the DVD business&#8221; and this was always the direction things were headed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack then, [Reed Hastings] said that postage rates were going to keep going up and the internet was going to get twice as fast at half the price every 18 months. At some point those lines would cross, and it would become more cost-efficient to stream a movie rather than to mail a video. And that\u2019s when we get in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have forgotten that Netflix still mails DVDs to people, but three million subscribers haven&#8217;t. 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