Netflix Again Raises Prices for All Plans, 4K Streaming Now $20 Per Month

[Flight Plan]

$9.99 per movie is a best deal? ?

I buy used movies at the local thrift store. $1 each.

You make a good point, of course; and yes, I do often buy at thrift or pawn. But my answer is still "yes", and here's why:

Most used movie sources (thrift stores, pawn shops, etc) don't guarantee the movies, or they charge more to give a guarantee. So if you get them home and they don't work (or they have a completely different movie on them, which happened to me once), you have no recourse. Except to use it as a coaster or just throw it away.

I've only had one "new" movie fail to rip. A quick exchange, and that problem was over with. But I have had numerous used discs fail from thrift and pawn.

Edit: Oh yeah, and finally, most used movies come with the "Movies Anywhere" code missing or already impinged. Meaning that you can't register it because somebody else already registered it.

 

[jgrove]

We’ll i stomached previous price hikes, but not this one, this will likely push UK price to around 16 pounds a month, as such I have just cancelled.

 

[npmacuser5]

Well, if you just want something to watch you can choose one streaming service and stick with it. If you want everything, then yeah, it's not really cheaper now.

Another option available. Divide the 12 months by three. Get four streaming services, three months each. Timing a another plus. No need to wait each week for a new episode. All for the price of one for a year. Well pretty close to the price of one. A very big discount each month and end of year. The negative, may not be the first on the block to watch some shows. Multiple options for adjusting the above.

 

[easy4lif]

This will be my last year on Netflix. Just not worth it any more. Only show I watch is stranger things. Once that releases I’ll just drop it and either get Amazon prime or Apple TV+. $186 a year, no 4K, no multiple streams, no thanks!

 

[Realityck]

Geeze, this is ridiculous.

The least Netflix can do is offer 4K across all tiers, differentiated only by # of simultaneous streams.

Netflix is pretty unique, they at least try to acquire streaming rights to a lot of content to make up for that other content owners have been yanking to their own streaming services. Paramount pulled Star Trek series. BritBox, yanked all those British shows that use to be licensed out. So what you got left is a bunch of streamers that will alll eventually raise their rates to fund even more content to prop up these mega streamers.

Now HBO Max is kinda a joke with very little 4K content except the box-office releases, Disney+ has a part of their content as 4K iMax enabled but far less overall content compared to Netflix and HBO Max. Amazon is spending like Netflix on more expensive series to make a go at competing as well as yanked content to content with also.

We all know the content owners would eventually launch their sites to compete and make the streaming eco system even more like broadcasting, and that business is forever raising broadcasting fees to anyone that rebroadcasts that content.

So I don't think the tiers for paying more for 4K is unrealistic. If HD which still is the majority of streamlined content is adequate this is just a another price increase you be seeing until they start to see people go to another service. But since Netflix is truly the only international super channel out there on streaming it be awhile before they really are forced to change to some other subscription plan IMHO.

 

[Lakersfan74]

$20/mo is still cheap then again I’m not poor. Same people complaining are drinking $6 Starbucks on a daily basis I bet. How do you even afford Apple products?

 

[sudo-sandwich]

It was the golden age of streaming when most things were on Netflix, Disney Plus and other new competitors didn't exist, and it was cheap. I knew it wouldn't last.

 

[bradl]

A lot of people tend to forget that their subscriptions for something like Netflix depends the bandwidth that they can not only afford, but is available in their area.

For example, I’m currently visiting the rural southeast corner of Oklahoma, where some places are barely able to get something like DirecTV. That currently is how my maternal grandmother is getting her internet connection, so she’s set with minimal DSL (I want to say barely 2Mb down, 768Kb up), especially as she’s in the middle of a small town here.

Contrast that with the farm my paternal grandmother is on, which is 10 miles southeast of that town, and it’s a pain and a half for her to barely keep her phone line, which has been analog for 50 years, and can’t be upgraded, as no company wants to run the cabling out to that area. I also have no cellular coverage there; in fact, coverage essentially ends at the end of the city limit. So if she wanted to get online with a computer.. well, you guessed it! 56k modem! Yes, even in 2022.

So for those who are saying that a price hike because quality is too much, some might want to take stock of what they have versus what others don’t have, and not take things for granted.

Now with that said, I have some DVDs to return to Netflix, so I can cancel that service!

BL.

 

[Flight Plan]

$20/mo is still cheap then again I’m not poor. Same people complaining are drinking $6 Starbucks on a daily basis I bet. How do you even afford Apple products?

You can't assume that people are drinking starbucks. Or buying expensive fashions or eating out all the time, for that matter. I make all of my coffee at home and eat out about once per week, if that. But even if I didn't, wouldn't that be my choice and not any of your business?

 

[citysnaps]

Five or seven cents more per day. Yeah, I think I can handle that. Love Netflix.

 

[6787872]

Remember when streaming meant you could save money instead of an expensive DirecTV contract? Seems like a long time ago...

i think cable is actually cheaper at this point then subscribing to all of the individual services

 

[6787872]

i went back to sailing the high seas a while ago, no reason to stop now.

 

[nutmac]

So I don't think the tiers for paying more for 4K is unrealistic. If HD which still is the majority of streamlined content is adequate this is just a another price increase you be seeing until they start to see people go to another service. But since Netflix is truly the only international super channel out there on streaming it be awhile before they really are forced to change to some other subscription plan IMHO.

In my experience, Netflix compresses far more aggressively than Apple TV+, Disney+, and HBO Max. The amount of visible compression artifact is actually pretty embarrassing.

At the very least, the Basic tier should get 720p and the Standard tier should get 1080p HDR/Dolby Vision. But I can't think of any other US-based streaming service that charges extra for higher quality streams.

 

[RoboCop001]

And still no support for Apple TV Up Next. Jokes on them! I keep forgetting to watch their shows! (even though I keep paying.... lol)

 

[Think creative]

So Netflix just entered the (I'll wait to stranger things season 4 comes out, pay for a month and catch up with everything, than cancel) level of plan. Meanwhile, HBO MAX and Hulu and Amazon I will always keep. Amazon is great for prime (which I already will keep), and Hulu is cheap, and HBO has the most constant good content in my mind. Disney+ and so on are on the netflix path. I drop for multiple months, than catch up for a month, and then cancel.

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

I’m streaming AppleTV+ content more than before, Netflix is very good but the price is a joke for 4K, i suppose i will close my account when the price increase will arrive here, usually very soon after USA changes. Life goes on.

I had Apple TV+ free for 3 months and admittedly never watched a single show on it. Ted Lasso & the Tom Hanks movie w/ the dog & the robot looked pretty interesting...but with Hulu, Amazon Prime, Paramount +, BritBox, AcornTV, Hoopla and Netflix I had too many other choices.

Netflix will be the next to get the axe as I start to whittle down my streaming options.

 

[ghostface147]

I actually use it the least of all the ones I subscribe to. HBO Max and Peacock is what I use the most.

 

[Populus]

Netflix is not worth $240 a year. The shows lately have all felt uninspired and algorithmic and then if a show is good it’s canceled too soon. I stopped Netflix almost 2 years ago and really don’t feel like I’m missing anything that compelling.

I spend a lot of time watching TV too. I usually have 5+ active content subscriptions. Nearly every other streaming service is a much better value.

I have Disney+, Prime Video and I could even have HBO Max for roughly the same price of 20 bucks. Maybe I’ll get HBO once the second season of Raised by Wolves gets aired. I loved that show.

 

[Will Co]

These constant increases in pricing, though small, build pressure and eventually most subscribers are going to find themselves making a decision about which subscription service to drop.

 

[ackmondual]

Remember when streaming meant you could save money instead of an expensive DirecTV contract? Seems like a long time ago...

While I can't argue with this, I'll still take streaming with its on-demand features and being able to pause, rewind, and skip to certain parts over traditional cable TV. Also, I'll be paying extra to not have to deal with ads (which were awful in both mediums, but at least I have that option with streaming).

 

[827538]

I have a Netflix account shared between a number of family members, same for Disney+. The cost per month if you are sharing accounts in very low.

 

[Marshall73]

I’ll add upcoming shows I’m after to my sonaar server and movies to radaar. Been happy to pay until now but, for all I watch I would be as well using a 30 day trial or piracy.

 

[InnocenceMyth]

Geeze, this is ridiculous.

The least Netflix can do is offer 4K across all tiers, differentiated only by # of simultaneous streams.

Yes!! I need it on one screen at a time but please let me have 4K!

 

[icwhatudidthere]

i think cable is actually cheaper at this point then subscribing to all of the individual services

That might be so, but at this point, I wonder if there's actually more content on streaming services. Would you be able to watch any of the Disney+ on cable?

 

[ackmondual]

I have yet to get into Netflix. Would like to, but I'm currently working on other streaming services first. I got into Hulu (will return one day, but only via ad-free), Disney+, and Paramount Plus (free for a year, but it's the version with ads. Doesn't cost any $$, so may as well keep it for the time being). I currently have Curiosity Stream with Nebula since they're only $20 per year for HD. Still have Amazon Prime for buying stuff (but I really should reevaluate that).

I'll do Disney+ for another month, cancel, then switch to Apple TV and Apple Arcade since I got 3 complimentary months of those, and the date to redeem them will expire around that time. For Neftlix, I'd start with the basic tier since I'd be the only one to use it. I have a 1440p monitor so SD will look relatively ugly. If it's that bad, I'll upgrade 1 tier for HD.

I remember when I could buy a Cola for 50c.

I remember when automobile gas was cheaper than drinking water!