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Interfectum
Member
This is the cost of getting nearly unlimited entertainment in a monthly subscription. Wait until you see what MS does with Game Pass in the next 5-6 years, especially if they start to dominate.
lostinblue
Banned
I look forward to the moment these anti-consumer moves start biting netflix in the ass.
But they've been getting away with them and getting more and more confident. I just have to say that the current pricing is already nuts for the quality of the service. I can nearly pay for phone, tv and internet for a month with the "normal" netflix tier at this point.
But they've been getting away with them and getting more and more confident. I just have to say that the current pricing is already nuts for the quality of the service. I can nearly pay for phone, tv and internet for a month with the "normal" netflix tier at this point.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
i spend 5seconds clicking through buttons to avoid watching a 5second ad on my tv's youtube, i fucking ads
Shifty1897
Member
Obviously they were emboldened by the increase in subscribers after cracking down on password sharing.
Interfectum
Member
They dominate the landscape.... where are consumers going to go? Peacock? lol
Netflix has the world by the balls and they know it.
DaGwaphics
Member
Goes to show how many $ they are making on those 4 minutes per hour when they are willing to give up $3 a month per subscriber.
a multicultural team of v
Member
A (constant) reminder, Netflix is also the only profitable streaming service that exists. Let that sink in when you think about what will happen to the rest of the streaming industry.
1. Start a subscription service for an entertainment service and make people pay for that service so you subsidies it without having ads.
2. Revenue and profits eventually plateau so even though your company is making tons of profit each quarter the profit isn't "going up" which is a bad thing I guess
3. Put ads back in even though users already paid to remove ads.
4. Make people pay more not to have ads.
5. Eventually put ads in the higher tier etc.
2. Revenue and profits eventually plateau so even though your company is making tons of profit each quarter the profit isn't "going up" which is a bad thing I guess
3. Put ads back in even though users already paid to remove ads.
4. Make people pay more not to have ads.
5. Eventually put ads in the higher tier etc.
GreatnessRD
Member
Back in my day, Netflix was $7.99 United Murica dollars. And now they got ads? We truly live in shit times.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I'm so glad I stopped giving Netflix my money.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Yup, been subscribed to them for 8 years, and just a few weeks ago I decided to pull the plug.
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Saber
Gold Member
Blame this new generation of one brain cell boomers. Can't believe I live enought to see people defending multibillion companies and their ads.
Interfectum
Member
Yup. Capitalism demands growth so once the subscriptions top out the squeeze begins. First it will be ads injected into all tiers, next will be charging users for early access to new content or for premium content, either ala carte or an even more expensive sub.
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Thaedolus
Gold Member
Outside of House of the Dragon I can’t think of a streaming show that’s actually been worth my time in recent memory. It’s hard to get myself invested in anything on Netflix when they’ll just cancel it or somehow ruin it. Wife made me cancel it a couple years ago and I haven’t felt like I’ve missed anything.
We Disney+ through our cell phone plan somehow and I couldn’t even make it through the last season of Mando. It’s mostly used on our iPad to keep the kids occupied for a bit when I’m WFH. Otherwise TV feels dead to me. I hardly even watch sports anymore after what the A’s ownership has done to the team.
In conclusion
We Disney+ through our cell phone plan somehow and I couldn’t even make it through the last season of Mando. It’s mostly used on our iPad to keep the kids occupied for a bit when I’m WFH. Otherwise TV feels dead to me. I hardly even watch sports anymore after what the A’s ownership has done to the team.
In conclusion
If I didn't have a 7 year old I wouldn't have Netflix. I never use it but my kid does.
That being said I will pay more if necessary not to have ads. My son barely knows what ads are. I also dont have Hulu/Disney/Amazon Prime etc etc the only thing we have is Netflix.
That being said I will pay more if necessary not to have ads. My son barely knows what ads are. I also dont have Hulu/Disney/Amazon Prime etc etc the only thing we have is Netflix.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
It's clear that the streaming model is not sustainable. These motherfuckers killed blockbuster and now want us to pay for ads. gtfo.
i have never paid them a dime thanks to sharing my brothers account, but the moment they disallow that, im done. its pure trash anyway. the kids can read books.
i have never paid them a dime thanks to sharing my brothers account, but the moment they disallow that, im done. its pure trash anyway. the kids can read books.
Interfectum
Member
I have three kids, all under 7, and they watch Netflix more than the others. Not even Disney+ kept their interest. Cancelled everything but Netflix as I don't watch much TV anymore, just gaming.
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Interfectum
Member
If I can't pay my way out of ads I'll probably cancel Netflix and just give my kids some Youtube time every once in a while.
Sonik
Member
Hey let's not exaggerate here, this is Netflix we're talking about
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
i think netflix and youtube are awful for kids anyway but im a lazy parent who cant be with them 24/7 so i allow it. However, its clear that the kids have been trained to find entertainment every second of the day. they cant sit in the car and just stare outside during a 15 minute drive. they dont have the attention span to read books for more than 15 minutes. they literally get bored playing outside.
i remember growing up with no access to tv until prime time when we were allowed to watch a tv show or two before the news came on. i had to find my own enjoyment. this constant entertainment on demand has made the kids lazy. i wish i was strong enough to ban ipads and netflix but if i am forced to do it due to netflix cracking down on password sharing or raising prices or adding ads then they would be doing me a favor.
Doczu
Member
Same. We don't watch tv, so no ads there, we only stream (netflix, disney and prime). Oh and youtube premium for some edutainment stuff.
I would gladly say foodbye to Netflix, but there are some shows the kids love so... Fuck...
GreatnessRD
Member
Preaching the gospel. NEVER in my life would I have thought I'd live to see people apologizing for multibillion dollar corporations, lol.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Greedy and idiotic companies… The only reason many people stopped pirating was the easy access for low cost. They’ll just make go back to pirating. The irony….
Fbh
Member
Streaming slowly turning into cable, lol.
And Netflix/Youtube isn't even the worst of it.
Stuff like TikTok and Instagram stories are further decreasing their attention span where any video longer than like a minute is already too long to stay focused on.
And Netflix/Youtube isn't even the worst of it.
Stuff like TikTok and Instagram stories are further decreasing their attention span where any video longer than like a minute is already too long to stay focused on.
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Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Thanks for the reminder that I need to cancel my subscription again. I renewed it for the Quarterback series and Drive to Survive, but I've already watched them.
This guarantees I'll never have a regular sub to the service again.
This guarantees I'll never have a regular sub to the service again.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
DVDs bro…you can legitimately order 5,000 DVDs right now for a few hundred bucks. I left Netflix when they cracked down on password sharing and they have doubled their prices over the last 8 years, while literally adding 99% trash originals, and the good or halfway decent shows get cancelled anyway. I can honestly say I don’t miss it. I’m getting more enjoyment out of my Samsung tv Plus which is completely free if you have a Samsung Smart TV. Yea it has ads, but I’d rather deal with ads than feed a BS monster that does more harm than good for the industry and it’s consumers.
Badlucktroll
Member
Outside of House of the Dragon I can’t think of a streaming show that’s actually been worth my time in recent memory. It’s hard to get myself invested in anything on Netflix when they’ll just cancel it or somehow ruin it. Wife made me cancel it a couple years ago and I haven’t felt like I’ve missed anything.
We Disney+ through our cell phone plan somehow and I couldn’t even make it through the last season of Mando. It’s mostly used on our iPad to keep the kids occupied for a bit when I’m WFH. Otherwise TV feels dead to me. I hardly even watch sports anymore after what the A’s ownership has done to the team.
In conclusion
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Outside of House of the Dragon I can’t think of a streaming show that’s actually been worth my time in recent memory. It’s hard to get myself invested in anything on Netflix when they’ll just cancel it or somehow ruin it. Wife made me cancel it a couple years ago and I haven’t felt like I’ve missed anything.
We Disney+ through our cell phone plan somehow and I couldn’t even make it through the last season of Mando. It’s mostly used on our iPad to keep the kids occupied for a bit when I’m WFH. Otherwise TV feels dead to me. I hardly even watch sports anymore after what the A’s ownership has done to the team.
In conclusion
Stranger Things and Lost in Space kept me coming back to Netflix
HoodWinked
Member
I think the reason for this is because streaming quality and the longer term goal of raising prices. Standard with Ads was bumped from 720p up to 1080p couple months back.
Which left Basic as the only tier that capped at 720p. And if they bumped up Basic to 1080p it would just be the same as standard plan.
However this leaves a price gap in the $10 range so what will likely happen is the Standard with ads may get pushed up to $10.
Which left Basic as the only tier that capped at 720p. And if they bumped up Basic to 1080p it would just be the same as standard plan.
However this leaves a price gap in the $10 range so what will likely happen is the Standard with ads may get pushed up to $10.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
A reminder that only Netflix charges a premium for 4k streaming. Fuck these guys.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
NF added 5M subs as per earnings report today. Long term, their password cut off strategy worked to get more subs. I wasnt sure if that would lead to a net loss or gain for subs. But they gained another 5M.
Fuz
Banned
This is the first step in making humanity reject them.
Wish more parents were like you.
Hardensoul
Member
Right now looks like Disney Plus. Currently losing money and subscribers. And especially when they have to buy Hulu.
Ownage
Member
Paramount+ is pretty decent, fwiw.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
This is the future of gaming subscriptions, by the way.
nightmare-slain
Member
If the ad tier had full content I'd sign up. It's actually quite a good deal. Sucks that Netflix charges a premium for 4K HDR.
They should just combine standard and 4K into one so all you gotta do is pick between ads and no ads.
They should just combine standard and 4K into one so all you gotta do is pick between ads and no ads.
Thanks for telling us. We didn't know...
Spaceman292
Banned
I really appreciate how easy these companies make it to justify all my piracy
Hugare
Member
Trust me, many people still dont know
Or they pretend they dont. Which is worse
Havent subscribed Netflix for a while. Or any streaming company.
Maybe when House of the Dragon S2 launches
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Poor Nintendo.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
To be honest I'm more concerned about the ways these service providers will try and lock people into their platforms through price-plan manipulation.
As in they continuously ratchet up the monthly cost, but hide the increases behind offering better rates for annual subscriptions. The model isn't about allowing people to dip-in and dip-out of their content, its about recurrent income after all.
As in they continuously ratchet up the monthly cost, but hide the increases behind offering better rates for annual subscriptions. The model isn't about allowing people to dip-in and dip-out of their content, its about recurrent income after all.
lostinblue
Banned
Sure, but the thing is, if you take risks with your userbase, the userbase won't like dealing with you unless they really have to.
And what that means is that sooner or later, the sooner it's possible for it to happen, the userbase will bite you back. When that happens this company will have a much bigger tilt towards a huge crisis than it would have if it had a "cool company" ethos and feel.
Netflix is walking all the steps to jeopardise customer loyalty, service was expensive but justifiable because you were told you could share, when they hiked prices last year they could only justify that amount because you could share. Now you can't and they'll continue closing the line of making the service more expensive per person and charging for everything as well as control your location, soon you will have to book your vacations at work and on Netflix. Draconian doesn't go well with customers.
Microsoft, Facebook/Meta, Intel, Nvidia and other companies suffers from yeah they're good if they're on top, but customers are not loyal if there are alternatives. Customers will switch the moment it's advantageous for them, or even if the competition is competitive enough.
It's Netflix harping the thing about "hahaha, we did what should bag us negative users but a few suckers signed in regardless so we're growing instead of being punished", but I bet if Disney Plus, and specially HBO and Amazon Prime also liked to humble brag, it would be on the news that userbase has grown since Netflix went greedy.
And that's your ticket there for Netflix to have their ass handed back to them sometime. Eventually, Karma always caughts up to you. The thing is they're so eager to cash in now that I don't think they actually mind if the boat goes down.
Or rather if it goes down they'll just sell to Microsoft or something.
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AJUMP23
Gold Member
I have a Prime student account so I pay half the regular cost. The only part of my masters that saved money.
A month of 4k Flix in my coubtry costs as much as a year of Prime Video. Without sharing accounts of course