Comments on: I Want to See Amazon Destroy Netflix

By: seo service provider

seo service provider — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:11:00 +0000

no doubt netflix is an outstanding company

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:55:00 +0000

This guy probably thinks the internet should be regulated by someone too. What a stupid idiot man sheep.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:51:00 +0000

LESS competition is good on utility’s?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:49:00 +0000

They are a herd, they’re a herd of sheep.

By: www.hideipvpn.pl

www.hideipvpn.pl — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:10:00 +0000

There is nothing better for a customer than a competition. Once Netflix is gone do you (author) think that Amazon will keep its price low?
The main reason amount of companies that offer streaming service is limited its because of exclusive deals and (old, stupid and in general not connected to reality) copyright law. Let’s face it 100% of “Hollywood”, Sony, Starz, HBO, etc… whole entertainment industry has a dream of going back to days of VHS, CD&DVD without internet. All they do (laws against piracy with more and more restrictions all over the world) is to get as close to similar environment as possible.
There is one thing that would change a lot and two that would change everything.

1. Total ban on deals with exclusive content as it is against the best interest of customer. If that would be something to eat or drink it would be against the law to have such a policy by distributors as they have now, where they limit subject that can sell their products/content as it helps to up keep MONOPOLY (and that = higher prices).

2. No more geo-localization over the internet. Services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc should be allowed to stream what the have wherever they can find someone who will pay for it. If people in Europe can not get the content legal way as the ones from USA because of crazy restrictions they will get it anyway in a less legal way and that will be a real loss to industry.

Restricting access, having different prices on the content in different regions of the world is stupid, unfair and it is one of the main reasons piracy is a problem.

By: 123

123 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:21:00 +0000

This is one of the worst article I have read regarding Netflix. I really hope the author doesn’t write for a living.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000

You’re an idiot for wanting netflix to go away. Do you really think if Amazon had no competition this would be best for consumers? I can’t stand the herd mentality. Someone said Netflix sucks and everyone just starts trashing them.

By: Chad W Smith

Chad W Smith — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:31:00 +0000

I sure HOPE Netflix sticks around. And I hope MORE companies get intot he the Streaming thing. COMPETITION IS GOOD.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:08:00 +0000

I prefer Amazon too. Best selection , lowest prices , free shipping , no tax , best customer service.

Netflix is toast. Amazon is large and in charge.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:08:00 +0000

Eh ?

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:39:00 +0000

It’s a tough call about whether this is the dumbest thing I’ve read. Just take a look at some of Don Reisinger’s other posts and you’ll see that he’s putting together quite a collection of stupid posts.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:36:00 +0000

The same guy who’s saying “I Want to See Amazon Destroy Netflix” goes on to say “I should note that I don’t have anything against Netflix.” Yeah sure. And then he goes on to say “I just don’t see how multiple companies can succeed in the streaming space over time. I just don’t see how multiple companies can succeed in the streaming space over time.” Since when is LESS competition good for the consumer – unless we’re talking about things like public utilities? This Don Reisinger takes the cake for the most inane posts on Slashgear.

By: Michael Thomas Francesconi

Michael Thomas Francesconi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:29:00 +0000

Big question why doesn’t Don Reisinger reply back to any of comments?

By: Michael Thomas Francesconi

Michael Thomas Francesconi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:25:00 +0000

@TechGuy21 your are wrong about netflix having no movies,because they do.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000

What a bunch of whiny bitches in here. It is an opinion piece for Christ’s sake.

By: Yeahright

Yeahright — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:41:00 +0000

Amazon needs to get it’s streaming client out onto more devices such as TVs and BluRay players. Netflix is everywhere and this makes them the easy choice right now. This is from someone who only wants to watch on my TV, watching on a computer or phone won’t do. I would like to see them both grow and compete, to me even buying into both services is way cheaper than my overpriced cable TV options.

By: degustibus fourteen

degustibus fourteen — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:04:00 +0000

You wouldn’t like Amazon so much if you were deaf or hard of hearing. NFlix has finally gotten its act together and has started offerening a decent selection of captioned and subtitle streamed videos–it will probably take a lawsuit or a threat of one (as with Nflix) to get Amazon to see the light. Until then I’m a dedicated Nflix user, and you have yr head where the sun don’t shine

By: Lisandro O Oocks

Lisandro O Oocks — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:14:00 +0000

my grandma could run Netflix better

By: Lisandro O Oocks

Lisandro O Oocks — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:13:00 +0000

Netflix just needs to change CEO and it’ll be fine for a while

By: Torymihalik

Torymihalik — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:59:00 +0000

REALLY , REALLY ….

I am just wondering !
Do you actually get paid to write such crap ?
I am in awe of your complete stupidity.
I do believe, you have a right to your opinion,and am glad their are still outlets for you to do so.
That being said are you really so blind to believe a monopoly is a good thing.
Again, Really, Really, seriously. You are either stupid, blind or employed by Amazon.
I was just wondering , where would you post your thoughts,(as moronic as they are) if there was no competition among…….. Where would the incentive be for a huge corporation to let you speak freely,its not like you have anywhere else to post your thoughts.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000

we need both netflix and amazon and hopefully some other strong players will also show up soon.
As much as netflix seems like a monopoly, Amazon is a monopoly.
Its business model is very very similar to Microsofts; ie leverage one monopoly to burn another market and then rebuild it to its needs.
Amazon is NOT what the market needs in fact; its the opposite.

By: Manuel Smirnoff

Manuel Smirnoff — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:56:00 +0000

All the vitriolic comments!

I will just say that I made the Netflix to Amazon switch because I found myself not getting my money’s worth out of Netflix (I think I’m going to watch movies, but I don’t as much as I think I will). Since I’m a regular Amazon customer, the free shipping component of my membership has already paid for my year, after about two months. Now I’m left wondering why the switch took me so long.

What killed Netflix for me was their messing with their business model–I got the feeling that I was dealing with a company that wasn’t in control of what they were doing. It didn’t bother me as long as it didn’t affect my membership, but when they caused me to have to make choices, I did, and they lost.

That said, I don’t like the idea of one company having it all, either. I’m left with supporting idiots or monopolists. Hard choice to make, maybe.

By the way, eMusic lost me in a similar fiasco: I didn’t mind the slowly rising prices. They lost me when they changed their business model and started charging me MUCH more for content I had been specifically running away from supporting with my $$: the big business music industry, as opposed to small independents.

By: Jerry WimerJr

Jerry WimerJr — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:55:00 +0000

Gotta agree with most of the other posters here- a monopoly is NOT what we as consumers want. Besides, ideally, this will eventually work out like normal television carriers currently do- with each streaming service having agreements with the same content providers, and offering their own bundles and prices. This way everyone gets a choice, and there’s a good chance you’ll get the content you want regardless of which service you pay for. You just might have a different bundle with only the stuff you want from provider A that matches your viewing preferences. ;)

By: Hjornada420

Hjornada420 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:26:00 +0000

Gee whiz, why not have both to choose from? The Amazon deal is great for the free shipping alone. TV/Movies are a plus. Between the two of them – a giant catalog of stuff to watch!

By: Hjornada420

Hjornada420 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:19:00 +0000

It is popular with me because they have a lot of content I like!

By: Anomyous

Anomyous — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:07:00 +0000

Hi Don!

Please engage some gray cells before blogging next time. With “one content provider to rule them all” – where healthy competition is not actively keeping prices and service in check – you and I and everyone else will end up paying more and there will be little incentive for the ruler to maintain and improve service. Witness this in action with Comcast – until recently when so many users got so frustrated they decided to see alternatives online.

By: I don't think so

I don't think so — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:53:00 +0000

Thank you, Don Reisinger, for your opinion. I support your right to post it, but I hope no one in the business takes you seriously.
Based on your viewing habits, and Amazon Prime membership, it looks like Amazon Prime is a better fit for YOU than Netflix. You understand if your view isn’t “one size fits all”, right?
Again, I hope the powers-that-be at the media companies understand your article does not represent a consensus among the general populace that pay for media.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:08:00 +0000

This might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. Every assumption and every conclusion is wrong. I think what you meant to say is “I’ve decided to switch from Netflix to Amazon, and I think this choice can be leveraged into a short, unfounded article which will generate ad revenue.”

By: Tony Vc

Tony Vc — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:22:00 +0000

If netflix is gone, amazon will be the only provider of this kind and that will give them the power to charge whatever they want. Thonk about that

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:50:00 +0000

Is their as much content on Amazons service as there is on anetflixL

By: SixShot

SixShot — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:55:00 +0000

Netflix has great customer loyalty just like Amazon does and I think Netflix will look to add more content to its streaming services to replace Starz.

FYI Amazon’s Cloud Services run Netflix’s streaming

By: Johnnie

Johnnie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:31:00 +0000

Wait a second…. wasn’t it just a month ago that you wrote an article entitled “I’ll never ditch netflix and neither should you”? It’s not that I radically disagree with sentiments from either article, just the rapid turnaround of opinion seems a bit weird.

By: Upirons

Upirons — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:07:00 +0000

I agree. I am still baffled by Amazon selling the Kindle Fire without any way to hook it up to a TV so that people can watch Amazon streaming video on their TV’s. Amazon Prime would be awesome for me if I could just access it via my PS3 or something.

By: Upirons

Upirons — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:05:00 +0000

The biggest advantage that Amazon has is the fact that many of its cloud customers include entities like Hulu, NBC, HBO, etc who use Amazon to manage the very traffic that comes to their sites and streaming offerings now. Perhaps Amazon can simply offer to save them some money on their cloud services in exchange for content. I believe this is already a process taking place behind the scenes. Netflix does not have this advantage and is actually disadvantaged because from a streaming standpoint, Netflix has a very “Napster” like reputation in the movie industry, not because of anything Netflix did but mainly because they pose such a perceived threat to the industry as a whole. Netflix could likely become the sacrificial lamb so that the industry can see that the model actually can make them money if they all play nice.

By: Tom Boucher

Tom Boucher — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:02:00 +0000

Until Amazon gets off it’s butt and releases an iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV version of its player they’re nothing more than a land locked video player to me. I got a kindle fire and have watched some video via the prime membership but they have nothing more than what Netflix has, and some less. The fire is too small I don’t like watching TV on small devices, the iPad is the right size. They use flash on the website and I’ve uninstalled flash a long time ago for a much nicer web experience.

By: carp

carp — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:34:00 +0000

I used to be indifferent, but now I just don’t care.

By: David

David — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:11:00 +0000

The Netflix advantage right now is not the streaming catalog — it’s really good players on multiple platforms. I stream Netflix on Windows Media Center, Xbox, and Windows Phone with great, platform-appropriate UI sharing the same account. I would use Amazon more if it offered something more than the browser UI. An Xbox app seems the logical place to start.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:24:00 +0000

In good old days, columnists write the article and the users write hate comments and/or choose sides ..
Don, why are you playing our role too ?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:24:00 +0000

Lol, I’ll take my chances. It’s not my fault if their shitty writers cannot handle the truth. :) Let me say that not all of them are shitty… JUST THIS GUY!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:53:00 +0000

i hate Netflx although i have it on my ps3 phone TV
i only watch south park community and other shows
netflix got no movies. i dont know why its so popular :E