Netflix is raising prices for new members ($1-2 increase, not every region)

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Their raising it for new members now, but all of us will have to pay more in a few years.
I got a email guaranteeing no price hike for atleast 2 years for being a customer for a couple years already, they raising that shit for all of us one way or another, its only a matter of time.
 
gcubed said:
They pay Comcast less money then they already paid a 3rd party to carry traffic to Comcast. So... prices should go down i guess?

Its because content contracts have been rising considerably from their original prices before anyone knew that streaming would become as huge as it is
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You clearly don't understand what net neutrality is. In the meantime the EU is getting net neutrality across the board and in 2011 it has been in the netherlands since then. Because ISP's cannot block/throttle or ask extra money for something that we all ready pay for or discriminate because all data is equal. This stiffles innovation and start ups for example. And that's why you are paying more then us.
 
currently = $96
+$1 = $109 per year
+ $2 = $120 per year

People complained about Prime getting bumped to $100 a year.
 
gcubed said:
They pay Comcast less money then they already paid a 3rd party to carry traffic to Comcast. So... prices should go down i guess?

Its because content contracts have been rising considerably from their original prices before anyone knew that streaming would become as huge as it is. 9.99 is still a fantastic price
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Also fierce competition and plain old inflation. There's a lot of stuff I'd been meaning to watch that vanished from Netflix, yet is there on Hulu.

Although getting a bunch of services is STILL way cheaper than cable...
 
terrisus said:
So you're saying they should raise the price to $200 a month?

Who the heck is paying $200 a month for 200 channels? We're paying like $60 a month for like 400 channels
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I pay $150 a month for cable/internet. And this is after being off contract. My sis took the $150 a month without even trying to get a better deal.
 
I can see an increase coming to Europe as well. A leading provider here in the Netherlands is already thinking about offering paid "guaranteed network access" to companies who use a lot of data traffic. They specifically mention Netflix as a potential customer.
 
Somnid said:
currently = $96
+$1 = $109 per year
+ $2 = $120 per year

People complained about Prime getting bumped to $100 a year.
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if i couldn't afford much, i would live happily with steam and netflix taking all of my entertainment budget.
 
Daniel Jackson said:
I can see an increase coming to Europe as well. A leading provider here in the Netherlands is already thinking about offering paid "guaranteed network access" to companies who use a lot of data traffic. They specifically mention Netflix as a potential customer.
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Not going to happen. Yes he said it but not going to happen dude.

Read this EU parlement took our dutch net neutrality and it is going in the EU.

http://www.marietjeschaake.eu/nl/20...schaake-voor-netneutraliteit-in-europese-wet/

Also that guy needs to shut up because well he has nothing to say. Also try to read up with the news sometimes like tweakers or nu.nl? He will not get what he wants since it is in violation of net neutrality.
 
I'll pay it.

Why are people talking about the ISP things being the cause of this. Besides the fact that its not a violation of net neutrality and second the cost increases are pretty well established to be reflective of the cost of acquiring the content and it doesn't seem that out of line with inflation

7.99 in 2008 is 8.77 today
http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
 
Alright, to be fair, I double-checked, and the bill breaks down to $90 for television (also getting internet and phone through them as well).
Still definitely not $200 though.
 
Eusis said:
Also fierce competition and plain old inflation. There's a lot of stuff I'd been meaning to watch that vanished from Netflix, yet is there on Hulu.

Although getting a bunch of services is STILL way cheaper than cable...
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You also have to take into account the stuff they add too. They just got the entire House series on there, which used to be on Hulu but isn't anymore. Both these services rotate movies and shows around.
 
maliedoo said:
Oh no, pay $10 a month for getting to watch what you want, when you want, or $200 a month for 200 channels of shit programming.... god Netflix, so expensive.
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Isn't even close to true. Shit movies besides every thing everyone has already seen fifty times. TV shows that are a season behind, and that's if it even has the show you want to watch.

If someone wants to watch Justified or Suits (to name a few) they can't. And for other shows like Arrow, Archer and Walking Dead they have to be a year behind.
 
megamerican said:
Their streaming selection is pretty anemic. Their flagship original series pretty much shit the bed in season 2, and Arrested Development continuing is doubtful at best. I don't regret cancelling and I doubt I will ever re-up if they don't change things quite a bit. Seems like a very awkward time to raise rates.
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You've seen Orange is the New Black season 2?

I wouldn't say their selection is anemic at all. If you're going into it expecting to find all the big movies you see tv spots for, then yeah, you're going to be disappointed. (Although with them acquiring things like The Avengers, and Skyfall, that's changing.) However, there are a significant number of great older and independent films.

Heck, just right now I have: Silence of the Lambs, Captoe, Into the Wild, Raging Bull and Mud as the first five titles in my list.
 
Somnid said:
currently = $96
+$1 = $109 per year
+ $2 = $120 per year

People complained about Prime getting bumped to $100 a year.
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Amazon Prime is looking more and more attractive as time goes on. They recently acquired the streaming rights to 24 also which is huge for me.
 
The Dutch netflix is pretty limited, I'd be okay with a price increase as long as the selection expands as well.
 
Nokterian said:
You clearly don't understand what net neutrality is. In the meantime the EU is getting net neutrality across the board and in 2011 it has been in the netherlands since then. Because ISP's cannot block/throttle or ask extra money for something that we all ready pay for or discriminate because all data is equal. This stiffles innovation and start ups for example. And that's why you are paying more then us.
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what does this have to do with what you posted then? If you are saying its because they are paying more, but they actually pay less with the deal with comcast, your original point is what again?

The price is going to go up because content is expensive, and becoming a bidder in big time content is very very expensive, so for Netflix to continue to bring you something like Orange is the New Black or House of Cards you will have to pay more then 7.99
 
There's only so many versions of sharkdosquidgator and transforminators you can suggest to me before I start questioning even the current rate.


And of the current original content, only orange is the new black has impressed me. House of
Cards is all veneer.
 
With the garbage selection Netflix has in my region, I'm gonna have to go berserk and cancel my sub if they raise the price. (Especially since I learned FUNimation has their own streaming service...)
 
Still well worth it for me.
I have both Prime and Netflix. 200 bucks a year vs 200 bucks a month for cable is a no brainer for me.
 
hitsugi said:
Cable companies to Netflix: Pay us.
Netflix to cable companies: Ok.
Netflix to consumers: Pay us.
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this isn't whats happening

Cable companies to netflix: pay us instead of paying another company to manage your traffic, we'll be cheaper and we'll help your data get easier access to costumers because of the structure of the internet
Netflix to cable company: ok

completely unrelated

Netflix to consumers: Content producers want more money and we're producing more quality shows which are expensive we're gonna have to raise prices
 
I wish Netflix introduces some kind of tier based subscription model. I would gladly pay even 15$ a month if that means a wide variety of content.
 
Was planning on cancelling and now I will. Not really cause of a small price hike, just waiting for a valid justification and this is about as good a one as any.
 
BruiserBear said:
I feel like Netflix's selection is pretty weak. I'm currently not a subscriber for this very reason.

I'd gladly pay $10 a month if it meant a much better selection.
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Yeah same here, I just cancelled recently. They need better content, I would pay more per month for it easily.
 
Cerrius said:
Amazon Prime is looking more and more attractive as time goes on. They recently acquired the streaming rights to 24 also which is huge for me.
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I'm surprised they aren't more popular considering the content gap isn't very large and Prime has always been cheaper (plus those other benefits). Netflix has more subscribers than there are Prime members, almost twice as many IIRC.
 
Nokterian said:
Not going to happen. Yes he said it but not going to happen dude.

Read this EU parlement took our dutch net neutrality and it is going in the EU.

http://www.marietjeschaake.eu/nl/20...schaake-voor-netneutraliteit-in-europese-wet/

Also that guy needs to shut up because well he has nothing to say. Also try to read up with the news sometimes like tweakers or nu.nl? He will not get what he wants since it is in violation of net neutrality.
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Nice, that law will probably prevent them from actually doing it.
Still, I wouldn't mind a small price increase. Netflix is well worth the money. As long as they keep allowing people to fake their geographical location, that is. I often swith to the USA Netflix library, because it just has so much more content. The minute they start blocking that, I will cancel my subscription.
 
Omega Rex said:
Isn't even close to true. Shit movies besides every thing everyone has already seen fifty times. TV shows that are a season behind, and that's if it even has the show you want to watch.

If someone wants to watch Justified or Suits (to name a few) they can't. And for other shows like Arrow, Archer and Walking Dead they have to be a year behind.
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Except if people want to do something like watch House of Cards, Orange is the New Black or Lilliehammer, in which people with cable have to be a year behind.

Let's not confuse the idea of network exclusivity with good selection. The moment you start doing that is the moment you start complaining that you can't watch new episodes of the big bang theory on TBS while you can on CBS.
 
Somnid said:
I'm surprised they aren't more popular considering the content gap isn't very large and Prime has always been cheaper (plus those other benefits). Netflix has more subscribers than there are Prime members, almost twice as many IIRC.
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interface is crap. I can't tell which is free and which I have to pay for

Hard to navigate, horrible recommendation system, not available on all platforms, horrible marketing, meh exclusives, etc

Amazon wants you to buy into their system rather than putting their system everywhere.
 
zma1013 said:
You also have to take into account the stuff they add too. They just got the entire House series on there, which used to be on Hulu but isn't anymore. Both these services rotate movies and shows around.
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True, feels like you need to subscribe to multiple to cover what bases you want, certainly there isn't one that's all-in-one even within a genre or type of show.
LurkerPrime said:
With the garbage selection Netflix has in my region, I'm gonna have to go berserk and cancel my sub if they raise the price. (Especially since I learned FUNimation has their own streaming service...)
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Well, most of Funimation's stuff is also on Hulu though that has ads which may be obnoxious. Wouldn't be surprised if there was some stuff they held back for themselves though.
 
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Mesoian said:
...then you don't have the highest plan.
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That's not a "plan," those are add-ons (that I could get with any plan).

And, Netflix doesn't include them either.
If you're going to include those on the cost of a cable package, you should add mlb.tv and such onto the cost of Netflix.
 
I keep trying to tell you guys that Netflix isn't interested in helping you cut the cord, but is aiming to rake in bank like HBO does.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-10-15/netflix-wants-to-be-hbo-not-comcast

HBO gets most of its money thanks to being behind the paywall. Netflix keeps losing profitability everytime they have to renegotiate rates for what they have. HBO will probably make a separate streaming service once Netflix rates get high enough.

Content is king, and content creators will make you pay one way or the other.
 
Well I buy the 12 month giftcards from eBay for really cheap. So i kinda hope those don't go up in price too much. I rarely use Netflix anyways.
 
Nokterian said:
Off course it does since they need to pay comcast for 'better network quality'.
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They've been saying they need to raise prices long before this Comcast thing came up. There was no way they could keep making stuff like house of cards, AD, and others with the small price they charge.
 
terrisus said:
That's not a "plan," those are add-ons (that I could get with any plan).

And, Netflix doesn't include them either.
If you're going to include those on the cost of a cable package, you should add mlb.tv and such onto the cost of Netflix.
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...why? I don't subscribe to that.

If you said you should add, let's say, crunchyroll to the cost of netflix, you'd be correct, and that's something we have to do, but instead of packing it all on netflix, we pack it on top of our cable package.

Is the AT&T plan you were talking about a bundle of channels? I've never heard of that.
 
stopped giving a shit about netflix when they started removing all the anime in my queue.

oh, pokemon has been added to netflix? might as well watch them now instead of later when they give you a removal notification due in 4 days!
 
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