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I wholeheartely agree. NetFlix has made some silly missteps, but the outcry over raising their rates was confusing to me. The value per dollar is mind-boggling. It already has more great stuff that I have time to watch, and I would still pay substantially more for a deeper catalog.

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I really don't understand why they don't do netflix premium with per-movie rentals for $4-5 per streamed movie.

Given that all the big box movie rental stores have died, this would make them a player vs iTunes and Amazon who manage to have better selection than Netflix.

The user outcry of "I already pay Netflix a whole $10 a month, and now they want me to pay MORE?" would be ridiculously huge, if the previous fiasco is any indication.

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