smartrly

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   by smartrly 16y ago

   The accusation was that if you were an exceptionally heavy user of the service, they'd start taking 2 or 3 days to send your next movie after you returned one. That said, I'm not sure what the threshold was, because I was a very heavy user
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   by smartrly 16y ago

   Let's look at a couple factors: 1) Customer Acquisition Costs. I'd be surprised if NetFlix pays more than $20-30 per customer. Dating websites have a lot more competition and are probably closer to $50/customer. 2) Lifetime Value. Custom
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   by smartrly 16y ago

   It's all about trusting that other people have decent understanding of whether or not an interruption is warranted. I don't have the sort of wife who interrupts me during work hours or whilst on business trips with trivial things, so I can
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   by smartrly 16y ago

   The problem, of course, is that you should've been the one making the decision in the first place.
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   by smartrly 16y ago

   As far as I can tell, Scribd's primary business model is monetizing pirated content. I agree completely. The entire system appears designed to take advantage of the fact that users will upload just about anything, and the rights holders h
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   by smartrly 16y ago

   It's only a 'fuck you' if you truly believe that you deserve priority over my wife.