Filed under: Company News, Netflix, Research In Motion, Apple

It’s not just Steve Jobs leaving Apple (AAPL).

The iEverything company is killing off the option of television show rentals at $0.99 a pop from iTunes. It’s true that just two of the major Hollywood studios were participating in digital show rentals — and only offering up a limited amount of content — but this is lousy timing on Apple’s part.

Netflix (NFLX) is now just days away from boosting prices by as much as 60% for subscribers. This move will not only increase the perceived value of…

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">What Was Wall Street Thinking? Apple Rentals, BlackBerry Noise, TiVo, and Paying More for Payless originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2011-08-30T13:15:00Z.

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