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		debacle on Dec 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix signs licensing agreement with Disney Netflix's business model is based on a relatively fixed number of hours of streaming per account, and basing licensing fees off of that number of hours.

superuser2 on Dec 5, 2012 [–]

> "Is Netflix really unlimited?" > Yes, you can watch as often as you want, any time you want.

https://signup.netflix.com/HowItWorks

debacle on Dec 5, 2012 | [–]

There are only so many hours in a month, and like any service they probably make money on a large percentage of their users and lose money on a small percentage.

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