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Netflix Announces 'Basic With Ads' Plan Priced at $6.99 Per Month
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Sure $10 for nextflix, $10 for Hulu, 50 for YouTube, 10 for Prime Video and 100 for other streaming service. No big deal. Just pay.
I’ve seen this and it looks crap. It’s nothing remotely like the remaster of ST1, which looks stunning. I watched them both on the same screen, a week apart, and there’s just no comparison!
It’s absolutely not a remaster in the true sense, which means going back to the original negatives, rescanning them, re-applying the special effects using modern digital tech, etc.
Just pirate, it's trivially easy. I am surprised far more people don't do it given the cost of living.
That’s the old business model, that does not fit in with the online streaming model despite the cable companies trying to bolt it on, like shoving a square brick through a round hole.
I know their are services that have ads and you pay, but what Netflix are suggesting is a barely reduced monthly fee AND ads. Amazon has a free ad based service with freevee, Disney Plus though are trying to do what Netflix is. All they will do is increase pirating which is pretty easy to do these days online.
720p content is going to look junk on a decent sized TV. Its not worth saving a few quid for lower quality and adverts.
I don't see this being the big deal they think its going to be.
Lets face it, most people buy a premium sub and just let friends/family use it and until they stop this (if they do), they are not going to add significant numbers of new users.
I don't see this being the big deal they think its going to be.
Lets face it, most people buy a premium sub and just let friends/family use it and until they stop this (if they do), they are not going to add significant numbers of new users.
Federal minimum wage is $7.25, so 25 minutes of minimum wage work earns you the $3 price difference to the no ads plan. At four to five minutes of ads per hour of TV, if you watch at least five to six hours of Netflix a month, you're getting paid less than minimum wage to watch ads, even less if you're watching with other people and not by yourself, even less if you're in a state with higher minimum wage. No thanks.
Why not? Surely it depends on how much you pay? When you go to the cinema, you pay for the ticket and they show ads. When you get on a bus, you buy a ticket and they have ads. It's not like you're being forced to pay and see ads. They're giving you a choice between paying more and seeing no ads, paying less and seeing some ads, and paying nothing and seeing nothing. Surely that's better than the choice you have now, which is either to pay more and not see ads, or pay nothing and see nothing. How is extra choice offensive to you?
Remember when we had to pay for cable and still had to watch ads 30% of an hour? 😂😂
You get way more with the new plans than they would cost if you got the services separately. And Netflix was included at a certain point and my price didn't change at all on the old plan.
Ughhh ... you mean like the Alexa which didn't shoot native 4K until just a few years ago? Are you one of those people that thinks a DSLR is "pro" and has no clue what an Alexa is? You think all those fancy "tech numbers" means the Panasonic G5 is better than an Alexa Classic?
The pirate sites/apps still don't match the streaming services in terms of UX and speed, though. The streamers earn their monthly fees in convenience and overall experience. Pirates need to up their game!
This is the idea, introduce another plan that's outrageous in pricing compared to feature set (or lack thereof) to add more justification to more expensive plans. It's a decoy effect, like when I bought my Ultra I noticed that it has a more than a stainless series 8 I would've bought instead, for only $50 more. Apple wins either way, I get the stainless that's overpriced, or I spend more on an Ultra. But even ignoring the series 8 I really enjoy my Ultra, the price difference isn't the sole reason I bought it.
Netflix wins if users pay more for ad-free, and they win with the ad tier that's barely cheaper. They just want more users overall.