Same problem here. I did 0 password shares. But one day Netflix refused the same iPad I have always used access to stream. Had problems getting the send a code thing to work. Netflix Tech support could not help.
Cancelled account. Problem solved.
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Same problem here. I did 0 password shares. But one day Netflix refused the same iPad I have always used access to stream. Had problems getting the send a code thing to work. Netflix Tech support could not help.
Cancelled account. Problem solved.
I agree with others here, this is the beginning of ads on all tiers. There is no reason to "cancel" a tier and force you to make a choice unless your goal is to drive users to the ad tiers with cheaper pricing, they must make more on those than we think. This is the slow boil. Once people choose the ad tiers those prices will climb until they are very close to the "premium" tiers at which time they may remove the ad free tiers altogether.
Please remember:
10 Find a streaming provider with content you wish to consume and subscribe
20 Binge content
30 Unsubscribe
40 Goto 10
Prices, even in excess of $20/mo, are very reasonable if you sub/cancel as above. If you try to keep them all active at once the math doesn't work. In my house we have Prime as the constant and rotate though the others, never more than 2 at a time but usually only 1 in addition to Prime.
I have also taken to buying physical media again and ripping it to my NAS.
Please remember:
10 Find a streaming provider with content you wish to consume and subscribe
20 Binge content
30 Unsubscribe
40 Goto 10
Prices, even in excess of $20/mo, are very reasonable if you sub/cancel as above. If you try to keep them all active at once the math doesn't work. In my house we have Prime as the constant and rotate though the others, never more than 2 at a time but usually only 1 in addition to Prime.
I have also taken to buying physical media again and ripping it to my NAS.
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Netflix's catalog of movies and shows seems to be declining in quality, yet they continue to raise prices. It's surprising that people are still willing to pay for a subscription. If streaming services keep increasing prices without improving content, piracy will become more appealing to many.
Why is this news? So old plans get EOL, nothing new or exciting about this. So many choices for content out there using OTA free TV or internet VoD hosts here in the USA. Just cancel and avoid costly cable/satellite TV packages if you can, then you have lots of money saved per month, that you can use for some VoD hosts as needed with just an internet provider.
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Yep, here comes the “Is Netflix still in business” sarcasm. Just remember that tech blog comment sections are a teeny, tiny microcosm of disgruntled users, naysayers, and the piracy minded. The fact remains that Netflix is still, by far, the largest streaming service with the most subscribers. All of the streaming services raise their prices on a regular basis because of numerous factors including the cost of labor, licensing fees from distributors, network infrastructure, etc. If you own your own business you are fully aware of what your costs are and how much you need to charge to make a profit. The typical tech blog poster apparently thinks costs are fixed and never change, therefore subscription prices should never go up.
Same here! Feel so much better since cancelling Netflix 🥳
Back in like the year 2000 or so, Netflix seemed like a cool company. Now, they seem like "the man". It's a real shame.
Sigh. 
We consumers as a whole need to start growing a spine against these greedy companies.
They keep getting worse and worse because we have been rewarding their bad behaviours.
We consumers as a whole need to start growing a spine against these greedy companies.
They keep getting worse and worse because we have been rewarding their bad behaviours.
Isn't this more about the cost of internet entertainment has risen for new content providers. You pick the VoD host they are all doing it. Look at the price of going to the cinemas how much has that gone up for the last 20 years.Sigh.
We consumers as a whole need to start growing a spine against these greedy companies.
They keep getting worse and worse because we have been rewarding their bad behaviours.
How many tickets bought does it take to negate this Netflix, Max, or Disney is expensive topic?
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After the move to streaming services from bundled cable services will soon come to an end. With the rise of pricing plans on the content giants, some cable services are starting to look good again.
I pay the exact same as I did before we got free Netflix, so...
Next will be the Standard to go, for ad free will be a premium.
And can see a lawsuit against Netflix for charging a fee for it's ad base option as that should be free.
Can see people start going back to building there own private collection of films, I have a 1TB drive filled with great movies
And can see a lawsuit against Netflix for charging a fee for it's ad base option as that should be free.
Can see people start going back to building there own private collection of films, I have a 1TB drive filled with great movies
90% of what Netflix execs vomit out these days as “original content” is just pure propaganda nonsense what doesn’t even carry real plots. It’s just become social lectures that people get ripped off into buying.
Don’t miss the platform one bit.
Don’t miss the platform one bit.
Isn't this more about the cost of internet entertainment has risen for new content providers. You pick the VoD host they are all doing it. Look at the price of going to the cinemas how much has that gone up for the last 20 years.
How many tickets bought does it take to negate this Netflix, Max, or Disney is expensive topic?
Cinema tickets here are $8 for an adult and $6 for children. It's a locally-owned place, so I guess that makes a difference.
Haven't been for over a while, though. There haven't any movies released in last the couple years that I've cared to watch.
No thank you. I'd rather avoid piracy.
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Aside from fallout that I watched via Prime I don’t have any subscriptions and it’s nice that way. In the rare chance a movie or tv show comes along that’s actually watchable I’ll just grab it from the internet’s dusty, forgotten corner and watch via Jellyfin. It’s insane to pay anything or watch ads when Usenet is still a thing
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Wouldn’t that prompt the advertising company to pull all ads from Apple, thereby denying apple a revenue stream? I mean, the whole point of advertising is to plant a subconscious seed that would make the consumer more likely to buy their product when they’re out shopping. Muting an advertisement reduces the likelihood of that happening.
Edit: I can see it now.. the next paid subscription from Apple, the ability to mute advertisements.
The rule here is simple - we, the consumer, has the power to drive change when we believe we’re being used as a cash cow. It’s simple just cancel the subscription. The problem is people will moan about the price but most won’t do anything about it, Netflix knows this.
Talk about being absolute dicks to your paying customers, so they couldn't even allow people to stay on the current plan but if they moved up or down in price then the old plan would no longer exist.
I'm almost exactly the same as you except swap out Peacock for Youtube Premium. Max is also paid by AT&T, and Apple TV+, Prime and Youtube Premium are paid under my business and the Disney+ and Hulu bundle is mostly covered by my wife working for Disney (we pay a small difference to upgrade to ad-free). So really the only thing I pay for just normal is the Netflix standard ad-free plan, but we use Netflix a lot, and even with these price increases it's still technically worth it.