# I don't get this complaint about Netflix I hear all the time

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-complaint-about-netflix-i-hear-all-the-time/549258 "2010-08-05T12:48:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-complaint-about-netflix-i-hear-all-the-time/549258/101 "2010-08-10T13:29:08Z")

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> [@Cyberhwk](#):
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> I’m not sure if they still do this due to the outcry, but a couple of years ago someone found out that Netflix does sort of throttle your priority. If you have a shit-ton of movies on your queue it used to give you a lower priority for new releases than someone with just a few, hoping that with so many movies in your queue, you wouldn’t mind waiting a little longer (I guess, was the logic).

The throttling isn’t based on how many movies are in your queue, but the rate at which you rent movies. They give priority to people who rent fewer discs per month.

We get 2-3 day turnaround from Netflix for discs, and we’re using the streaming feature more and more. Sometimes on Saturday night we see a streaming movie lock up, and it’s really annoying, but that hasn’t happened any other time. I’ll be glad when they get subtitles for the streaming content, too.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-complaint-about-netflix-i-hear-all-the-time/549258/102 "2010-08-10T15:59:37Z")

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Several years ago we felt we were being throttled - complained and it stopped.

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**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-complaint-about-netflix-i-hear-all-the-time/549258/103 "2010-08-11T09:43:59Z")

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Netflix has just signed a new deal to let it stream MGM, Paramount and Lions Gate movies.

[http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/40751/](http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/40751/)

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