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Netflix's Upcoming Ad-Supported Tier Won't Allow Downloads for Offline Viewing
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I wouldn’t mind commercials if they had some quality in them. I get exhausted seeing the same three commercials. The app commercials and the app looks nothing like the commercial. If we are going back to cable can’t we get some Fortune 500 companies to spend millions on a fun laughable commercials.
I download shows to watch at the gym and they seem to expire after like a month if I don’t don’t renew the downloadI was going to try out Netflix or HBO Max, two of the services I have yet to get into. However, Hulu goes up in price on Oct. 10th, so I'll do that for a couple months while it's still cheaper, then switch to Disney+ since that will go up on Dec. 8th
I wondered about that. Back when I was doing my free trial of ATV+, I could DL stuff, but wasn't sure how long they'd last. Is it a timed thing where after a certain time, you need to "check in", least they become unusable? Somebody said you can still watch them if your sub ended, but that can't be true. The bigger issue is having a 64 GB iPad, that would get filled up fast (dunno how large the files are, but unless there's an option for 1080p, I'm guessing that wouldn't be feasible). To me, having 64 GB as a base storage is just wrong, more so than not making 4K standard
The "PR disaster" is when Netflix revenues continue to drop even with all these changes. I think lots of people, including families, are going to move from full-time Netflix subscriptions to short-term subscriptions. They have gotten way too pricey to just set and forget. Even now, the only reason I don't suspend the account for a period is that my daughter may be watching it. If they kick her off my account, my account goes into hibernation. There's a few good shows but nothing that I need to watch when it comes out. BTW, I would not be surprised if they try to counter periodic activations by switching to the HBO-style episode per week model. That's the kind of change that happens when you start thinking of your customers as adversaries.
LOL, that's because the Euro has taken a dive relative to USD (or the dollar has gotten really strong, take your pick). Since corporate results are reported in dollars, just wait.
What the Netflix marketing people don't realize is that loyal consumers "go shopping" when they experience what they see as an egregious price increase. In this case, I'll be switching from just leaving my Netflix subscription always on, to suspending it for long periods until I can save up enough good material to binge.
Continues to drop?? Netflix revenue has been increasing year after year for at least 20 years.
In the 12 month period ending June 30, 2022, Netflix revenue was up 12.5% year-over-year to more than $31 billion.
Below is a chart showing Netflix quarterly revenue since Q2 2011 (over ten years). Revenue was higher each and every quarter.
Me too. I have always maintained Netflix, but dip in and out of the other services. Increasing the monthly has me debating about canceling from time to time. I hate the idea of losing my queue, but there’s real competition in this space and paying in a month where I don’t have time to watch much feels wasteful.
This is mostly in line with every other ad supported streaming plan. I still think Netflix has gotten way too greedy though and this ad supported plan just seems like a kneejerk reaction to the backlash. They've gotten complacent and offer no real competitive advantage over other platforms. The fact that their $10 plan is still 480p is just sad and embarrassing.
The majority of households in the UK subscribe to Sky, and Sky is still SD as standard with an additional fee for HD (and the additional fee gets you 1080i, which is more or less equivalent to 720p).
A non-trivial number of people in the UK still pay for a black and white only TV license.
I had netflix back in the day when you got 2 dvds a week (one plan anyway) and got to do some streaming, i haven't really had it since. I dont like ads so when i do get around to paying for netflix again, it'll definitely be one of the higher tiers.
That's probably inevitable but would still be inexpensive compared to twenty years ago when Netflix was just DVD rentals with pricing of $13.95/month (up to 2 DVDs at a time), $19.95/month (up to 3 DVDs at a time), $29.95 (up to 5 DVDs at a time) and $39.95/month (up to 8 DVDs at a time).
When you compare to what premium cable channels used to cost, Netflix used to cost, etc., I think some people have become spoiled by cheap entertainment prices in recent years.
Honestly, Netflix has been a hot mess from before streaming days. Even when all their business was from DVDs, their website was a mess and hard to find anything.
Sounds like that'll be frustrating for users. Especially if they have to pay and it still has ads and limited features
You're comparing services that used to have, at most, a million subscribers across the U.S. Not hundreds of millions worldwide. Those prices back then were justified back when the service was so relatively small.
Continuing to raise prices today is nothing but greed, and is starting to exceed anything resembling value. People were happy to support reasonably priced video entertainment when it became a thing. And people are somewhat hooked now, but are still steadily dropping it as the prices become obscene.
I physically own every single Disney movie worth owning. Let them do their worst.
That's exactly my view. There should be a base 1stream lowest quality, and then pay for more streams or more quality or a combo of both. And then ads would give you a discount
I used to sub to this exact plan in 2004 and your comment made me pause hard bc I'm definitely complaining about $19/month today...
Especially if they air an absolutely annoying commercial sometimes more than once a commercial session.
As a data scientist in business who may or may not have worked for Netflix, I can say the marketing and analytics business functions are 100% aware of how pricing decisions impact customer behavior over the long term. The problem is that even the VPs who operate these departments do not have true decision making authority within the monolith that is the Netflix biz model. The decisions are made by the top execs, who - since the company went public - are looking for short term profit. Nobody on the board gives 2 ****s what Netflix's earnings will look like in 3-4 years. And the marketers and analysts? We sit back and watch things burn from the inside out.