Surprised that websites are barely picking up on this, since the solution has been out for roughly two weeks now. Requiem works great and it takes a matter of seconds to complete, regardless of whether you're removing DRM from a book or TV show.
Glad to see Brahms finally getting some much-deserved recognition.
When I think of the term Netflix, I think of watching flicks on the Internet. I'm sure a lot of people don't look at it that way, but the term Netflix makes a lot of sense when referring to a streaming service (as opposed to a service that rents out physical media).
I know a lot of non-savvy people probably can't make that connection, but I think the company will make it clear that Netflix is no longer the place for DVDs.
When I think of Netflix, I think of renting flicks on the net... which is, um, what the original name meant. Also there's the whole last decade of this association.
When I think of Qwikster, I do not think of anything related to DVD by mail. The only associations that come to mind are Friendster and Quixtar. It sounds cheesy and cheap and fly-by-night.
I really, really liked the way Hastings wrote this post. It takes a lot to own up to your mistakes, but he seems dedicated to making Netflix succeed, and the decision to split the service into two is really... interesting, to say the least. I'll probably stick with streaming and forget about physical media, to be honest. It's much more convenient to drive to the Redbox down the street than wait a few days and have to deal with mailing discs back and forth.
Kind of glad to see video game rentals coming; too bad they're late to the party and will have to compete with Blockbuster, Gamefly, and Redbox.
Kind of glad to see video game rentals coming; too bad they're late to the party and will have to compete with Blockbuster, Gamefly, and Redbox.
All of these services have trouble. Blockbuster has a tarnished name (and I personally have never used the service), Gamefly has poor turnaround time and stock, and Redbox has awful stock and a high price.
Netflix/Quikster have been in a prime position to totally disrupt this for years. That they haven't pounced on it sooner has always been odd to me. It's like they consciously decided not to make money.
He's not "owing up", that's pure PR. This was hatched back in May, and it was stupid then, stupid now, and will be stupid 5 years from now when what's left of Qwikster is sold off in a fire sale and Netflix shareholders start wishing they had bought Yahoo!
I really, really don't like it. It's like bringing a mini News Feed to Twitter, and the layout just doesn't work for me. I'll try to give it a chance, but my early impressions are that it's just a messy, cluttered News Feed implementation.
I agree. I think the problem is Twitter already is a "news feed", it's user provided though. In 99% of cases I don't care if x follows y, whereas on Facebook if x is now friends with y "Hey, I might know Y! Oh, they're someone from high school I haven't spoken to for years!".
A lovely login screen. Followed by a not very well explained request for my mobile phone number, so they can send me a text that has a link to Facebook that makes me login again.
All to log in to my Facebook account, which I am already logged in to in the Facebook app on the same phone.
Aside from the fact that it's entirely redundant and ignorant of an Android feature meant specifically to appease people who hate repetitiously entering their account credentials. The Facebook Proper app even uses AccountManager properly. Messenger should prompt for permission to access the device's Facebook account and I shouldn't have to retype my credentials. It's the entire point of that API.
I'm sorry, but I'm not typing in my 25 character secure password for another device that will confuse Facebook's Messaging client. I've missed two messages in the last week because it notified me somewhere and then didn't notify me on my desktop when I returned. I just happened to notice because I click on Messages to compose a new one.
I think VUPEN would've won Best Client-Side Bug if their vulnerability had been for the HTML sandbox rather than the Flash sandbox, but it's still nice to see comex win after all the hard work he put into JailbreakMe 3.0.
Still can't believe Sony won a Pwnie for Most Epic FAIL, especially since they had some tough competition.
The one thing I'll agree on with Google: the patent system is flawed ― too bad this is really the only good point (or excuse, I should say) they're using to defend themselves. Then again, Gruber shouldn't be condoning the validity of software patents in the first place, because they suck.
Aside from that, I think Gruber hit the nail on the head (though his usage of undermine seemed a bit odd and out of place).
Glad to see Brahms finally getting some much-deserved recognition.