As briefly mentioned in Good Morning News, and in what basically amounts to an "LOL JK what were we thinking with that Qwikster business?", Netflix CEO Reed Hastings put a blog post up this morning. "It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs," he wrote. "This means no change: one website, one account, one password… in other words, no Qwikster."

I imagine Hastings is even sicker than the rest of us of the word "Qwikster"; his quick, informal, almost dismissive post is a far cry from the apologetic email he sent to customers when he announced Netflix would be splitting its services (an email that he also posted on the Netflix blog). It's a tricky time for streaming providers, but this is the sort of confused, indecisive back-and-forth that's usually kept from the public. Still: Netflix messed up, they got criticized for it, and they chose a really stupid name, but now they're trying to fix it, so... it's annoying, I guess, but fair enough. Oh, but one thing there's no LOL JKing about: "While the July price change was necessary, we are now done with price changes," Hastings added.

I'm of the opinion that Netflix is still a pretty great deal even after the price hike—although that'll change if they announce any more dumb changes in the near future. Netflix simply has too many high-powered competitors to keep waffling, and between the price hike and the Qwikster thing, they've managed to turn away a lot of customers. On the upside, I'm guessing they know this.

In conclusion: RIP, Qwikster. No one liked you.