>>The internet is a beast of a different color, and I think this is where the whole "you can't make money on the web unless it's by selling ad space" scheme is slowly dying without really killing its host. Other modes will be found.
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>Netflix is certainly one mode.

BTW, the mode is correct, you just picked a wrong example. When I moved from the US back to Serbia, I cancelled my Netflix as soon as I discovered that they don't exist here. That is, I can navigate to their site (I don't really expect dvd delivery) but it will tell me that they don't like the color of my IP address and will refuse to deliver content. Then within the next year they'd call me back several times, boasting that they're available everywhere. Yeah, right.

Just like when the credit union refused to issue a loan to my daughter, and then started sending her ads for more loans.