Netflix raising prices up to 60 percent
SAN FRANCISCO -- Some Netflix customers called it a slap in the face. Others a betrayal. Many threatened to drop the movie service.
Many of them were venting Wednesday on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere, seething over Netflix Inc.'s decision to raise its prices by up to 60 percent for millions of subscribers.
The company also is splitting up its two services, which means that subscribers who want both streaming video and DVD-by-mail access will have to get separate plans that cost at least $16 per month total.
Netflix said company officials expected the intense reaction. While thousands complained on websites, with 22.8 million customers in the United States, it's clear plenty of them are not upset about the change.
-- AP
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