Re:The inside view (Score 1)

I used to work at Netflix. I can tell you that profiles are used by a vanishingly small percentage of the customer base (albeit I predict it will be a rather vocal percentage) and cause a painful "How does new feature X work with a profile?" diversion for just about every product management cycle. In the end, the cost:benefit ratio is just too high.

Hmmm. I wonder what it would take to come up with a perl/python/ruby/whatever front-end to netflix that would provide functionality comparable to netflix profiles. The main reason I entered a rating was to keep track of what movies I've already seen. If I have my own app on my PC, I don't need to pass that information to Netflix.

They're treading on dangerous ground here....