And a fuck you to Nick Carbone, for penning this dribble.
Netflix Canada was and is a joke. The selection resembled a bargin bin of crap DVDs.
We here still don't know who was behind its crappy choices and lack of selection. Netflix itself? The Canadian cable companies?
It's a hassle to have to deal with two separate companies, meaning double ratings, double queues, and most begrudgingly, double bills. Why not make the grieving process easy by just blaming our northern neighbors?
Canadians: they're lovely people. Seriously. And we bet they'd offer a hearty and sincere “Sooorry.” [you wish, you cretin of an American writer] But according to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, we should blame them for the split between Netflix and the new DVD-by-mail service called Qwikster.
“It's all the Canadians' fault,” Hastings joked Thursday as he answered questions about the fracturing company while celebrating
Netflix's first anniversary of its Canadian launch. The Great White North got its first taste of Netflix last September, as a streaming-only endeavor.
“Is broadband good enough that streaming only, without DVD, is a good enough product to catch on?” Hastings wondered. Turns out, it certainly was. Good enough to become its own business, apparently.
The DVD-by-mail service, not even available in Canada, became unbundled from the streaming service in July. And this week
Netflix announced the postal program would become a separate company, now (laughably) known as Qwikster. We've never seen a better definition of “going postal.” The Netflix stock has tumbled more than 30 points this week in reaction to the name change.
Translation: Canada seems to be ok with our shitty service [note to Netflix: we're not], so let's offer this shitty service to Americans. If they don't fall for it, we'll make meaningless apologetic blog posts and blame Canada.
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