There was no just streaming service until fairly recently (less than a year). The licensing stuff became an issue, you guessed it, fairly recently.
Which doesn't change the fact the streaming was less expensive than the mailing.
You argued extensively earlier that they were an even split. Why? I have no idea but you did. Now that you read a new article if you want to change your argument to the appropriate price point was around 8 dollars for DVD by mail all along and now they have a need to increase the cost of streaming 300% (even if necessary something that probably fair to be miffed about) then it is at least possible. Although that would involve admitting you were wrong about a few things and we all know how you feel about that.
Okay, I'm not sure if you have just misunderstood me all along, or if you're just making things up to suit your point.
I never argued the costs of streaming were equal to the costs of DVDs. In fact, in my very first post, I said this:
First of all, mailing DVDs, at this point, is probably much more expensive than streaming (envelopes, postage rates, people to handle product, etc.), now that they have their streaming service setup.
As you can clearly see, I never once said the Netflix costs were equal. What I said was, as a consumer, you can assume that for the $10 you paid each month, the consumer cost was split for $5 for streaming and $5 for mail. That is not to say Netflix spends your $10 in half, just that, as a consumer, you're paying $10 for two services.
With that in mind, the mailing option WAS woefully underpriced, as we have already established with postage rates, physical media prices, etc. So, the price of the DVD by mail should go up, to help pay for the cost Netflix incurs from mailing DVDs to your door.
I'm not really sure where you got confused, but you definitely seem confused. It's okay to admit you were mistaken, just let me know where you got confused, so we can clear this all up.
Is ludicrous an overstatement, yes. If you think the average renter gets 10 DVDs by mail a month you are crazy. We already were able to establish it seemed close to 4 a month and that is for any plan.
My mother/sister get more than 4 DVDs a month. Easy.
Resources is vague but often correlates to, or directly references, money. Assuming that trend continued it would seem I am justified in wondering where the increase came from in the price of the DVD by mail options, or more accurately why the two services are priced equally at this point.
Because the DVD by mail was always more expensive than the streaming. I've said this a couple previous occasions.
Since DVD by mail is more expensive, it makes sense for Netflix to work to make their entire library available for streaming. Not only do you no longer have postage costs, you also don't have to replace physical media, you need less workers, less storage facilities, etc.
Thus, the DVD by mail price is increased to pay for the DVD by mail, without having to divert streaming money (which is going to improve streaming) to the mail business. And yes, I realize it's all the same business, I'm speaking theoretically.
I really don't understand why you're having such a hard time understanding this.
