Netflix profiles feature will not be discontinued after all

Posted by Caitlin on July 7th, 2008

In mid-June, Netflix announced plans to eliminate a feature which allows multiple users within a single account to maintain separate profiles and movie queues. Disappointed customers responded by urging Netflix to reconsider this decision, and it has. A post on the Netflix Community Blog recently announced that the complaints from customers have persuaded Netflix not to discontinue the profile feature after all. This feature is valuable and useful to many users, and is unique to Netflix.

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