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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
I can't see the disc rental changing. Netflix has the infrastructure, so Amazon wouldn't mess with that. Maybe prices would go up--but I doubt it as they have to stay competitive with Blockbusters mail rental service.
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There are lots of things a company could do to screw with it in order to milk it for profit. Raise prices, lower customer service quality, get rid of the "unlimited" thing. I'm not saying Netflix is perfect, but I could see them being a lot worse.
As far as Blockbuster, once a company with deep pockets owns Netflix they could pull a "Walmart". Lower prices until you put Blockbuster out of business, then start screwing with the service (see above). You'd have plenty of time "owning" the market before another company could build up the infrastructure to compete with you.