Netflix Plans Latest Price Hike, Standard Plan Increasing From $11 to $13/Month

[Anarchy99]

Consumer trends are very funny. People will not pay extra $2. They refuse to pay for a $16 all month unlimited streaming but willingly pay for $5 cup of coffees.

Seems like people will pay any price you ask so long as you don't increase it.

its because of perceived value, tangible items always have the upper hand, but outside of that this 30% increase doesn't necessarily mean 30% more content and i certainly hasn't mean't 30% better content.

infact if you asked long time netflixer's even prior to the price hike theres been a feeling for a while of less and less on netflix.

where it used to be tons of network TV, and then a handful of originals that were universally good, some may say great.

now it feels like not only do they have even less network TV than before, but they don't really come out with good originals anymore
(then again who can tell since 1 good one might be lost in 30 bad ones)
on top of that theres more and more SJW propaganda and to add insult to injury they're charging more without justifying the hike.


where as your favourite coffee is still your favourite coffee

 

[MacBH928]

The trick is to increase things by $3 and then provide a 33% off ongoing "promotion". That way there's an increase, but people will feel they are saving some money because they are getting 33% off and don't have to pay the "full" price.

I don't blame them really, in the business world you do what the consumer wants. If the consumer is happy with increasing prices then giving 33% OFF do it.

its like internet privacy, everyone knows it wrong to data collect/hoard on people, but consumers are still using it happily so long as the service is free and not paid...even for $1! People still using Facebook despite all the media coverage of leaks and unethical behaviours.
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its because of perceived value, tangible items always have the upper hand, but outside of that this 30% increase doesn't necessarily mean 30% more content and i certainly hasn't mean't 30% better content.

infact if you asked long time netflixer's even prior to the price hike theres been a feeling for a while of less and less on netflix.

where it used to be tons of network TV, and then a handful of originals that were universally good, some may say great.

now it feels like not only do they have even less network TV than before, but they don't really come out with good originals anymore
(then again who can tell since 1 good one might be lost in 30 bad ones)
on top of that theres more and more SJW propaganda and to add insult to injury they're charging more without justifying the hike.


where as your favourite coffee is still your favourite coffee

You might be right, but I might be old too...
In the 90s you had to pay like $100 a month for cable TV not in HD and you had to stick with their schedule on 1 tv set! Now you are offering me a huge library with unlimited streaming that works on any device for $16 a month in HD/4k that I can watch when and where ever I want... thats mind boggling to me!

 

[KPandian1]

Well this sucks. Might as well have cable again soon. If everyone is doing their own individual services it’s pointless

Cable and satellite companies added non-negotiable local content and sports coverage fees to their packages in 2017. These alone add up to more than Netflix by almost twice as much. These used to be included in the package fee, before Pai!

And, they will be increasing their fees every year - even for IPS services.

As for all the streaming content from Comcast, DTVNow, etc., they are just cable tv subscriptions without the benefit of the hardwire hardware. We can't fast forward thru their virtual DVRs.

So, Cable and Satellite revenue stream is still solid without having to bother with the cost of infrastructure (or thunderstorms).

So, after a year of correction, we the consumers are screwed - our money still goes to them. Unless we just watch less TV. Tough to do in winter.

I know people who pay $150-250+ for cable!

 

[Juicy Box]

In the 90s you had to pay like $100 a month for cable TV not in HD and you had to stick with their schedule on 1 tv set! Now you are offering me a huge library with unlimited streaming that works on any device for $16 a month in HD/4k that I can watch when and where ever I want... thats mind boggling to me!

I kind of see it the same way you do. There is so much content for a fraction of the price of a cable TV sub. Yes, not all of the content is the best, but I am amazed at what you get for so little money.

Also, what you get with cable has not changed that much over the past 15 years, it is still expensive. I am surprised with the comments stating people might go back to cable.

 

[KPandian1]

Instead of there stupid Baboom when you open the app or watch there dumb originals they should play this www.zedge. net/ringtone/

I hate this noise - every time an episode starts! Loud and unattractive, no matter the time of day. The HBO noise is also obnoxious.

This is why I'm not canceling my Netflix subscription via iTunes until I'm absolutely forced to.

They all get their money (-15%) no matter how we pay; Apple will probably cut this leak via iTunes somehow, it is getting very good at penny-pinching!

 

[Anarchy99]

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You might be right, but I might be old too...
In the 90s you had to pay like $100 a month for cable TV not in HD and you had to stick with their schedule on 1 tv set! Now you are offering me a huge library with unlimited streaming that works on any device for $16 a month in HD/4k that I can watch when and where ever I want... thats mind boggling to me!

perhaps i'm on the straddling the generations as a old millennial.
my 80's are a blur but I remember the 90's.
being in Canada may also be different and rural made if different as well.

in town proper you had the poor kids with over the air antenna you got 3-5 channels, if you were well off you probably had cable but many of them paid for pirate boxes to decode channels.
most rural people had a big antenna and/or a big dish.

the mid mid 90's was the start of the modern era.
small satellites almost universally took over as the most popular tv method most people got directTV or Dish as it was prior to the Canadian Gov't/CRTC (Canadian FCC) making it illegal to use them, thats when bell and starchoice became the two legit Canadian satellite choices.

many people especially in my area when directTV and Dish became outlawed wanted to stick with them as it was cheaper for more choice then the legit offerings, thats when satellite piracy became huge because if your going to break the law anyway might as well make it worth it.

so the majority of the 90's was mine and other families paying "the tech guy" in town $40 bucks here or there (whenever it went down) to bump the cards.
in the early 2000's i was techy enough to take over and cut out the middleman, that lasted till the mid 00s when dish and bell switched to NAGRA3 encryption and the golden age of satellite piracy ended.

there are still a few diehard fans that pay for cardsharing to essentially pirate satellite minus most PPV but this day and age if your under 50 you probably download, use kodi with pirate addon, etc or have your kids help you to do the same.


TLDR: Canada has been pro-Piracy for decades and the idea of large cable bills is largely a thing you hear about on TV shows not in real life in my experience.
its one of those things i know is/was real but could also easily be a Hollywood embellishment.