I do save money. I did the math not too long ago. I come out ahead even with recent price increases.
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Netflix Raising U.S. Prices Yet Again, Premium Plan Now Costs $23/Month
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People are sleeping on Kanopy. If you have a free library membership that works will them you get up to 10 movies a month some of them being new releases. Much better than other services unless you’re a heavy watcher.
Yeah Netflix doesn’t have the content to warrant these prices. I already cancelled and I’ll probably only pay for a month again when Stranger Things Season 5 comes out. I don’t see anything else that warrants those kind of prices.
Or could it be corporate greed?
Torrents are still a thing and for good reason.
They have never been dead 🙈
Essentially victim blaming, nice one yikes. What’s next? Teachers get paid more and taxes go up so it’s the teachers fault. GTFO.
And to think, all those millions of subscribers they gained after the "crackdown", yet they still have to raise prices. Guess times are tough at the old 'Flix. Maybe they need to get back into DVDs...
Over the past 10 years, Netflix's subscription prices have almost double.
2013
Basic = $7.99/mo
Standard = $7.99/mo
Premium = $11.99/mo
Oct 18, 2023
Standard with ads = $6.99/mo --> $6.99/mo
Basic = $9.99/mo --> $11.99/mo
Standard = $15.49/mo --> $15.49/mo
Premium = $19.99/mo --> $22.99/mo
2013
Basic = $7.99/mo
Standard = $7.99/mo
Premium = $11.99/mo
Oct 18, 2023
Standard with ads = $6.99/mo --> $6.99/mo
Basic = $9.99/mo --> $11.99/mo
Standard = $15.49/mo --> $15.49/mo
Premium = $19.99/mo --> $22.99/mo
Makes me appreciate Apple TV+ more. It has only original (all meat, no fillings), it is free with hardware purchase and even subs fee is less than 10 bucks.
But wait! Cable sucked! Remember?
$100/month for 500 channels and there's still nothing to watch. Plus you needed those terrible laggy DVR boxes on every TV in your home.
Fug it... let's go back to reading books!
🤣
Cancelling tonight. F the Creep!
£18/month for 4K HDR lmaooo
at least the standard 1080p hasn’t changed and still at £11/month. That’s the one I buy.
I’ll just keep doing what I do and only pay for a month when I think there is enough content to justify it then I’ll binge everything that month. I can easily go months without subbing.
at least the standard 1080p hasn’t changed and still at £11/month. That’s the one I buy.
I’ll just keep doing what I do and only pay for a month when I think there is enough content to justify it then I’ll binge everything that month. I can easily go months without subbing.
Apple TV+ has no fillings for now. Give them time.
Report: Apple to Sell Ad Space for TV+ Next Year, Hinting at Possible Ad-Supported Tier
Apple has reportedly held discussions with media agency and network executives about the prospect of selling ad time on its Apple TV+ streaming...
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They've already started showing more ads on their app store as well as for MLS games.
Netflix was not impacted by this strike. They have production in other countries as well.
If I didn't get most of it paid for through T-Mobile I'd cancel.
I rarely find anything to watch on it anymore. Stranger Things
was the last really good thing I watched.
I rarely find anything to watch on it anymore. Stranger Things
was the last really good thing I watched.
This isn't inflation, it's corporate greed. Look at their profits.
Wouldn't be interested if Netflix was $1 as I still wouldn't subscribe. At the moment I have hulu, Showtime, STARZ, Disney+ and AMC+. I agree with, 'icanhazmac'. Last subscribed to Showtime a year ago and heaps of movies to catch up on and previously had AMC+ in July.
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One can only hope there will be 2 tiers of AppleTV+ - free with ads support and paid like the current one.Apple TV+ has no fillings for now. Give them time.
Report: Apple to Sell Ad Space for TV+ Next Year, Hinting at Possible Ad-Supported Tier
Apple has reportedly held discussions with media agency and network executives about the prospect of selling ad time on its Apple TV+ streaming...
They've already started showing more ads on their app store as well as for MLS games.
So the premium price increased by 92% over the same timespan that inflation in the US increased 30%. If their content were significantly better, maybe I'd say OK but I don't think it is, there is so much garbage on Netflix now. Their home-grown "movies" are absolutely horrible.
Honestly I think Apple TV+ is the best deal in streaming right now, especially if you get it bundled with other services. Their library is much smaller than Netflix's, but the quality tends to be much higher. Foundation, Severance, Slow Horses, Silo, Ted Lasso, For All Mankind are all really good, and Monarch looks like it's going to be good too.
You mean Netflix was impacted less than the other studios. They've had to pause production and push back release dates for a lot of shows and movies.
Netflix Shows and Movies Affected By WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes
Ever-growing list of shows and movies impacted by the two strikes.
Netflix delays the release of some movies amid the writers’ and actors' strike
Netflix is removing its own Netflix Original and delaying big releases until next year
Hollywood writers' strike halts production of 'Stranger Things,' 'Severance,' Marvel's ‘Blade’
Members of the Writers Guild of America dropped their pencils and headed for the picket lines a week ago, and their walkout is hurting Hollywood productions.
Meh. I canceled over a year ago. It was no longer worth it then, definitely not now.
"Over the past 10 years, Netflix's subscription prices have almost double."
So how does that compare to prices of gasoline, housing, gas/electric utilities, paper, groceries, medical care, restaurant dining, etc?