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Netflix to Raise Ad-Free Subscription Prices Soon
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I did cance. I had the priciest plan because I shared that account with my family but then they decided I couldn’t do that. In not gonna pay 20 for just me
same. I don’t lose an ounce of sleep over it no matter how up in arms some folks get lol.
Some people pay $100 per month or more for streaming services and I wonder how many hours per month they use them to justify that expense. Would streaming really be worth a dollar per hour for them or even more? I once subscribed to Netflix for month for €11.99, but in that month I really used it 8 to 10 hours per day. So I paid less than 5 Cents for every watched hour. After that month I cancelled the subscription though, because I ran out of content I was interested in. Most content is available for free anyway.
Netflix could be much cheaper if they did not waste so much money. Some of their original movies cost $200 million, although they look much cheaper. They have spend BILLIONS just on old episodes of "Friends". And then they gave insane amounts of money to Harry and Meghan, who basically are the European version of the Kardashians, but even more annoying. So Netflix is a giant transfer of money from average income people to rich people who you do not really want to support. They even give millions to criminals for a documentary about their crimes.
Netflix could be much cheaper if they did not waste so much money. Some of their original movies cost $200 million, although they look much cheaper. They have spend BILLIONS just on old episodes of "Friends". And then they gave insane amounts of money to Harry and Meghan, who basically are the European version of the Kardashians, but even more annoying. So Netflix is a giant transfer of money from average income people to rich people who you do not really want to support. They even give millions to criminals for a documentary about their crimes.
Gotta pay all those writers somehow without compromising the bottom line, I guess
How does it feel like having an empty house? Enjoying it or do you miss the hell out of them?
So you like to steal and to announce it to the world? It'd be an open and shut case if you ever get caught, either via criminal penalties or civil. It's not like you need it to live like the hungry. I just don't understand that.
I personally wouldn't steal, but if I needed to for some reason, I sure as heck wouldn't announce it.
I've been wanting to periodically drop/add streaming video services. Save $$ & binge the stuff I really want. Put it on hold, come back later. That's the best way to do it. The frequent price hikes by Netflix & now Hulu & Disney are insane. It feels like it gets raised more than once per year sometimes.
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The only reason I haven't paused Netflix is b/c I bill through iTunes, which I fill with discounted gift cards all year. You can't pause it if you pay through iTunes. You can cancel, but they don't allow you to come back and pay through iTunes anymore. Only legacy subscribers can do that. I almost wish they'd take the pay through iTunes option away to make my decision easier for me.
I do share with family members, and they me. I pay for (highest tier for each):
Youtube TV
Netflix
Apple TV+
Hulu
Prime
Peacock (yearly, cheaper)
Paramount (yearly, cheaper)
I share my subscriptions with family. They subscribe to and share with me:
Dish
HBO/Cinemax (are they one or two?)
Showtime
Starz
We get Disney+ included with our Verizon plan (ESPN+ and Hulu with ads too, but I can't tolerate ads...so I pay for ad-free Hulu)
We're total homebodies. All my peers are out all the time. We're the opposite. Always home. Always watching. Paying for all of them is foolish though.
The Complete History of Netflix Price Hikes - From 2007 to now
Long-term Netflix subscribers know that price hikes are not new. Here are all of the Netflix price hikes from 2007 to now.
flixed.io
The only reason I haven't paused Netflix is b/c I bill through iTunes, which I fill with discounted gift cards all year. You can't pause it if you pay through iTunes. You can cancel, but they don't allow you to come back and pay through iTunes anymore. Only legacy subscribers can do that. I almost wish they'd take the pay through iTunes option away to make my decision easier for me.
I do share with family members, and they me. I pay for (highest tier for each):
Youtube TV
Netflix
Apple TV+
Hulu
Prime
Peacock (yearly, cheaper)
Paramount (yearly, cheaper)
I share my subscriptions with family. They subscribe to and share with me:
Dish
HBO/Cinemax (are they one or two?)
Showtime
Starz
We get Disney+ included with our Verizon plan (ESPN+ and Hulu with ads too, but I can't tolerate ads...so I pay for ad-free Hulu)
We're total homebodies. All my peers are out all the time. We're the opposite. Always home. Always watching. Paying for all of them is foolish though.
Priorities, man, priorities ...I've been wanting to periodically drop/add streaming video services. Save $$ & binge the stuff I really want. Put it on hold, come back later. That's the best way to do it. The frequent price hikes by Netflix & now Hulu & Disney are insane. It feels like it gets raised more than once per year sometimes.
The Complete History of Netflix Price Hikes - From 2007 to now
Long-term Netflix subscribers know that price hikes are not new. Here are all of the Netflix price hikes from 2007 to now.
The only reason I haven't paused Netflix is b/c I bill through iTunes, which I fill with discounted gift cards all year. You can't pause it if you pay through iTunes. You can cancel, but they don't allow you to come back and pay through iTunes anymore. Only legacy subscribers can do that. I almost wish they'd take the pay through iTunes option away to make my decision easier for me.
I do share with family members, and they me. I pay for (highest tier for each):
Youtube TV
Netflix
Apple TV+
Hulu
Prime
Peacock (yearly, cheaper)
Paramount (yearly, cheaper)
I share my subscriptions with family. They subscribe to and share with me:
Dish
HBO/Cinemax (are they one or two?)
Showtime
Starz
We get Disney+ included with our Verizon plan (ESPN+ and Hulu with ads too, but I can't tolerate ads...so I pay for ad-free Hulu)
We're total homebodies. All my peers are out all the time. We're the opposite. Always home. Always watching. Paying for all of them is foolish though.
Unfortunately Netflix showed us that people do the talk, but not the walk.
Lots of friends told me they'd have canceled their subscriptions...and yet...
People will complain, but nothing will change.
Lots of friends told me they'd have canceled their subscriptions...and yet...
People will complain, but nothing will change.
Yeah, I’ve had a Netflix sub for a few months but I wonder if it’s worth it. Will probably cancel it soon.
I am sure they will frame it as a result of the writers' strike. "Writers demand more money, so we have to raise the prices.".
Ha ha ha. I’ve been sailing the seven seas all my life, and these days you’d have to PAY me for the disk space taken up to pirate anything Netflix has made in the last 3-4 years.
Cancelled Netflix last year I think, or whenever their recent price hike was. We do not miss it. They're also following the Hulu / Disney route and adding a lot of foreign low-budget content that simply is not entertaining (but gives them "diversity" clout).
One possible reason for that is in my country it gets bundled with a tv subscription package. That it works out cheaper & gets added to your monthly bill so you don’t really think about it that much.
Adding advertisements defeats the point of streaming. I guess I’ll probably end up going back to just buying a small amount of content on iTunes each year.
just wish I could download 4k and host it on a NAS. Does anyone have a good nas recommendation?
just wish I could download 4k and host it on a NAS. Does anyone have a good nas recommendation?
Streaming has two costs, the costs of the service AND the cost the user pays for having internet because streaming is sent over the internet so whilst the streaming companies may think their prices are good value for money, when add the cost of having to have the internet to be able to watch the streamed movies it no longer becomes good value for money and it gets especially worse when the streaming companies raise their prices.
If Netflix post an increase in profits for the next quarter when compared to the previous quarter customers will know they are paying way to much for the service.
If Netflix post an increase in profits for the next quarter when compared to the previous quarter customers will know they are paying way to much for the service.