I’m glad I don’t pay for my Netflix (I use my brother’s account), but if I was, I would’ve been canceled. Most of their content is reality/dating trash now.
Yeah i rest services as well.If prices go up, people may start to be more choosy about how many services they subscribe to - the danger is that this will impact the smaller players rather than the larger ones, like Netflix, with big-name shows. Currently, I'm subscribing to 4 but as prices rise one or more of them is likely to get "rested" for 6 months or so... Netflix and Prime tend to be the ones to stick with since there's a lot of back-catalogue stuff on those that I could watch, or re-watch, in a drought.
Probably, the best approach is to "rest" some services until there's a backlog of shows you want to watch (and just hope that spoilers don't show up in news/social media headlines) - so I fully expect minimum-term subscriptions to be the next stage in encruddification...
For me, Apple TV+ is safe for the moment simply because Slow Horses season 4 is coming in September... after that, it might be getting a rest (no sign of Severance or For All Mankind yet). Interesting, because that's one show where we don't have to wait 2 years between seasons - probably because although it isn't cheap neither is it a SFX-loaded, CGI-in-every-scene spectacular that spends a year in post... (and it looks like they've shot it pretty much back to back) but I don't think that's the only reason it takes so long, and could be one reason why so many shows fail after 1 or 2 seasons - people just lose interest while waiting, figures go down, more shows get cancelled after S2, so people don't bother starting a show until it's got 3 seasons under its belt.., figures go down more... I know that Covid and the writers strike have put a crimp in production - but the "8 episodes, cliffhanger, now wait 18 months" pattern was emerging before that.
True about digital purchases but I believe apple to be different. Meaning if you download them then you can always watch them.They will simply stop releasing on physical media in the future if people balk on streaming.
"Digital Purchases" aren't yours, as has been demonstrated many times over the years.
That is a true, not cynical, statement about American Business. If it is a public company the purpose of the business is to maximize stock price, not provide good service. They are rarely one and the same.I do not think there is any company out there who is not trying to screw over it's customers by finding ways to get more money out of them for less services.
I’m in the process of cancelling services I don’t use much. I got rid on Netflix a while ago, it was already too expensive to be worth it, and I despise ads. I just canceled YouTube premium, which is a little painful. I’m going to hate things a bit in three weeks, but it was $16.99/month, and now it’s $22!I’m curious what people are paying for their streaming packages. We have Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+, Max (paid by AT&T), Prime Video, Hulu, and Disney+. All ad free. I never watch Prime, it’s just for the shipping.
One could describe Apple the very same way.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.
I still don’t understand forum users who disagree with a post that states a fact. Netflix did all of those things. Amazon did just shove in ads and ask for £3 more.In exchange for the odd advert (currently. I expect this to change) they've knocked the price down from £7 to £5, added 2x streams and upped the quality from SD to HD. This is a lot more than Amazon who just shoved in ads and then asked for an extra £3.
Same set of streaming services here, but got rid of Netflix last year after the n-th price increase and the location restriction.I’m curious what people are paying for their streaming packages. We have Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+, Max (paid by AT&T), Prime Video, Hulu, and Disney+. All ad free. I never watch Prime, it’s just for the shipping.
The two top people at Netflix make $40 million each, next few up make $3 million
Cancelled because there’s not much to watch. Maybe pay less to the fat cats and more to products.
I haven't had Netflix since I got two free years from buying two Samsung phones many years ago. I barely watched it then when I did get it free because I was tired of the low quality acting in the movies. Haven't been tempted to ty it since. Those Samsung phones? That was the S7 Edge back then, many years ago.Cue lots of commenters saying how they’re glad they’ve cancelled long ago.
*** Due to contractual obligations, some advertisements will not be mutedI can see it now.. the next paid subscription from Apple, the ability to mute advertisements.
I think that is because they noticed that as we get more angry, we just say "Sorry!" more.Netflix seems to hate Canada, they started the password sharing crackdown here as far as I recall, and now starting this crap.
This. I hate ads and pay to remove when I can but some still have trailers. Where is the “I’m not interested” button so they don’t keep showing me ads for the same 3 shows every 10 mins?I am amazed in this day and age platforms don't allow me to dislike certain ads. Surely the marketing budget holder would like to know not to waste money on me.
"I know for sure half the money I spend on marketing is wasted. The trouble is I don't know which half."
I will never buy a brand new car.
I will never gamble online or in person.
I will never order food delivered by a stranger.
I live alone and will never be persuaded by images of family and friends socialising with beaming smiles. I have no kids so don't care about those products either.
Seriously, even if you buy a 50k electric car, I bet they still advertise it to you. How can that be a valid state of affairs with all the data they have on their platforms?
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Here I am!Cue lots of commenters saying how they’re glad they’ve cancelled long ago.