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Why I'm keeping Netflix, even after the dumb price hike

Kevin Hall
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 8:14am
 
Netflix used to offer a $9.99 subscription plan that allowed you one DVD at a time as well as streaming, both unlimited. That plan is now $15.98, after the company split its DVD and streaming offers up into two cheaper plans. No bones about it, this is dumb (and I'll tell you why), but despite that using Netflix for me just got cheaper.

Netflix finally arrives on Android

Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 2:04pm
 
While folks with iPhones and iPads have been enjoying streaming video with the Netflix apps for a long time now, it's been conspicuously absent on Android. Until now!

Netflix app coming to Facebook?

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 12:30pm
 
Someday, we'll never need to leave Facebook for the rest of the internet, if Mark Zuckerberg has his way. The next step along that path? Integrating Netflix streaming right into the social networking site.

Netflix not getting ads anytime soon

Friday, February 11, 2011 - 1:59pm
 
One of the big hangups that people have about Hulu Plus is that they force you to watch ads despite you paying a subscription fee. Could Netflix pull the same sorts of shenanigans? Not likely.

The best and worst ISPs for Netflix streaming

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 2:15pm
 
Netflix can stream you movies and TV shows in HD, but only if you've got a connection beefy enough to handle all that data. And now Netflix has put out a chart showing just how every major ISP in the country fares when streaming their video.

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