Maybe stop trying to create content like "Anti-Racist Baby" and "Cuties" and people will stop leaving the platform.
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Netflix Co-CEO Confirms Plans for Cheaper Ad-Supported Netflix Tier
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Most people get premium plan mainly for share it with others. So u dont pay extra for 4k, u pay extra for having more "accounts", spending in this way less, and as an "added bonus" u have 4k.
Anyway, u say netflix "charge extra" for 4k only because plans are called basic,standard,premium, with prices going from low to high. However if the plans would be basic,lite+,lite with prices going from high to low, ull certainly say "its praiseworthy that netflix offers cheaper plans for those who doesnt need 4k" ;-)
You'd have a point if bandwidth concerns caused other streaming services to offer 4K streaming at a higher price point.
Perhaps you didn't notice that Netflix costs more than double the average streaming service.
Most people get premium plan mainly for share it with others. So u dont pay extra for 4k, u pay extra for having more "accounts", spending in this way less, and as an "added bonus" u have 4k.
Anyway, u say netflix "charge extra" for 4k only because plans are called basic,standard,premium, with prices going from low to high. However if the plans would be basic,lite+,lite with prices going from high to low, ull certainly say "its praiseworthy that netflix offers cheaper plans for those who doesnt need 4k" ;-)
I guess if you don’t mind commercials and want to save a bit of money it works. Unless it’s only 480p. That would just be terrible.
They should go all in and rebrand as Adflix then increase the price.
I once again genuinely do not understand how people don't just watch what they want, suspend their membership, and come back way later when there's something new they want. The catalogue of actually good, watchable stuff on any streaming platform is pretty small, unless you have absolutely no life and just rewatch old movies all the time
Care to share any data as to why people opt for the Premium plan or do you just have conjecture? If what you're saying were true then Netflix could offer 4K at all tiers and only charge more for extra streams. But they don't because there's no truth to your statement. I personally don't need multiple streams. but would need Premium for the 4K as I'm certainly not paying $10/month for an absolute trash 480p stream.
No actually I'd still say why the hell am I paying $20/month for 4K when no other services force that?
I cancelled my DVD.com membership and will soon do the same with Netflix. Their back catalogs used to be fantastic but over the past five years they've dropped hundreds of movies and TV shows from their physical and streaming services.
Dropping "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" was the last straw for me.
Dropping "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" was the last straw for me.
To be fair, Netflix offers some shows that I actually like. But if they invested their money in more quality content, I doubt they'd be bleeding subscribers. They're throwing money at things very few will watch, and then charging extra to watch it in the best quality available. If Netflix (1080p) wasn't bundled with my xfinity plan, I'd likely not subscribe to it separately.
My comment was not at all about whether it's worth it. My point was that a customer would essentially be getting "paid" $5/month (via a plan discount) to allow the streaming service to run ads.
Several streaming services (Discovery+, HBO Max, Hulu, etc.) offer ad-supported plans and others (Disney+. Netflix and maybe more) will soon be adding ad-supported plans. It's up to the customer to decide if they want to go ad-free or ad-supported.
Of course folks are free to subscribe to ad-supported tiers. I'm just pointing out that it places a paltry value on one's time. I don't pay for anything with ads. I'd rather subscribe to fewer ad-free services and cycle through them over a few months rather than pay for more cheaper services while they suck away my free time as compensation.
Pay for ads??? Never thought of that one, very smart people....
Perhaps some new management is in demand.
Perhaps some new management is in demand.
And they just laid off 300 more people... Not looking good...
Rising fees, lackluster content, blaming customers for low profits, and a market full of competition that's hitting it out of the park... I'll re-sub if they tun it around, but I don't see it happening, realistically.
Rising fees, lackluster content, blaming customers for low profits, and a market full of competition that's hitting it out of the park... I'll re-sub if they tun it around, but I don't see it happening, realistically.
I'm also on the same boat. Dad uses my Netflix and I have moved to a different city. If I see Netflix pestering me, bye-bye.
My "data" are actually real-life data: almost every person i know that have netflix, have it shared with friends. Only ONE friend i know don't shares it. Personally i have a turkish account shared in 4 people in 2 different countries and spend almost "cents" for it. If u dont want to share, that's your problem, but dont blame netflix that's too expensive only because you dont use a "feature" that, i think, made netflix so popular.
But even if you want to use it legit, netflix still have more content than any other "streaming provider" (dont know the name). Disney its monothematic (superheroes, cartoons, etc), apple, amazon, has few relevant shows (Lasso, seriously??)
Anyone else old enough to remember TV just being there, and they made their money by just selling ads, and to make more they tried to produce better content than the others? Ahhh, that was livin'. Pay TV is fine. Annoying ads are fine. I'm annoyed AF at paying to watch ads. On the other hand, if having pet peeves about the quality of passive entertainment isn't the definition of a first world problem, I don't know what is.
Netflix CEO announces that what you originally paid for premium will now be the "cheaper plan" with ads.
Moments later, premium plan gets price hike.
Moments later, premium plan gets price hike.
There should be an ad supported tier with basic quality and another ad supported tier with 4K.
Every TV at best buy nowadays is 4K. Their tiers need to catch up with the times.
Every TV at best buy nowadays is 4K. Their tiers need to catch up with the times.
They keep raising their prices, of course people aren't able to afford it. At this rate my cable premier package is starting to feel like a good deal.
I'm waiting for when streaming hour limited options. Honestly I would rather keep 4K but get limited to say 100 hours a week cause that's about how much I get to watch anyways instead of having to pay $20/month for 4K and 3 streams.
I'm waiting for when streaming hour limited options. Honestly I would rather keep 4K but get limited to say 100 hours a week cause that's about how much I get to watch anyways instead of having to pay $20/month for 4K and 3 streams.
Yes. And they still are cheaper than cable as I showed earlier this year