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Netflix Qwikster: The idea that cost Netflix 800k subscribers

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The Transition from DVD Rentals to Streaming: Netflix's Defining Moment

This chapter explores Netflix's beginnings as a DVD rental service and the challenges it faced transitioning to streaming. It covers personal anecdotes and the pivotal decision in 2011 to split the services, which triggered a controversial price increase and subscriber backlash.

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