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[Spyxos]

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Netflix will raise prices in “several markets globally”, starting with the US and Canada, beginning a “few months” after the Hollywood actors strike ends.

The strike had been going from May to late September, The Writers Guild of America issued a statement announcing that an agreement had been reached with the Alliance Motion Picture Television Producers. A formal contract was being drafted on the negotiations on residuals, streaming, and the use of AI as a writing tool. Actors are still on strike, and it is not clear when they will resume work.

Netflix set to raise prices again - despite password crackdown

Streaming giant Netflix is reportedly set to raise prices in "several markets globally" after the Hollywood actors strike ends.

www.forbes.com.au

 

[Billbofet]

And yet continue to add no additional value to the service......

 

[Sleepwalker]

Back to plex

 

[K' Dash]

it's the only service where I never run out of things to watch, I have a small backlog and I keep adding a couple shows or movies every month

 

[EverydayBeast]

I invision a price DROP in the future for Netflix.

 

[Windle Poons]

And people will be 'its only a dollar / pound'

AND THATS HOW THEY FUCKING GET YOU.

 

[DrFigs]

I've been getting it for free through t-mobile. so the price increases haven't affected me at all. wonder if this will change at some point.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I swallowed the first price increase, because my kids love netflex, but they about to start loving some PBS kids if this price goes up again.

 

[NickFire]

Didn't this just happen recently? Or was that a hidden price increase by adding ads if you don't pay more? I honestly don't know. Just feels like groundhog day.

 

[Windle Poons]

It really feels like two increases a year at the min. Its probably because all the scare-mongering starts a couple of months in advance so it only feels like it.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Was expecting this from Netflix, getting close to being done with it.

 

[poodaddy]

I need to run through Black Mirror so I can cancel this bullshit.

 

[Mossybrew]

Yeah, used to be Netflix was a no-brainer to always keep a sub, but this year I've gone to a cycle of unsubbing for about two months, then subbing for a month, repeat.

 

[Insane Metal]

Yeah, I'll unsub if this happens.

 

[chromhound]

 

[Drew1440]

Hello cable my old friend.

 

[OverHeat]

I’m out

 

[Raonak]

Good thing it's gonna take a few years before one piece season 2 releases.

 

[MaestroMike]

If they want more money they need to start releasing their big budget movies in theaters to recoup some of the costs

 

[GymWolf]

My sister pay for netflix, i just use her account.

But i pay for chinese food so...

 

[VN1X]

Yay price yourself out of the market!

Their content is severely lacking so the gall to ask for even more in subscription prices is almost impressive. Going the way of Blockbuster?

 

[sankt-Antonio]

This has nothing to do with the strike, but it is a great talking point to disguise corporate greed.

 

[ReBurn]

The actors want streaming residuals, the subscribers pay. Fuck the actors, Netflix content isn't good enough to pay for.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I canceled back in the Spring. Netflix is my least favorite streamer. Their original stuff sucks and their other content sucks even more.

 

[cormack12]

So after the increase and account sharing bump, they now fuck over the loyal customers who remained with them rather than cancel?

Okay.....

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I'm not promoting piracy.

But I'm certainly not promoting Netflix.

 

[Spukc]

Back to plex

Well flex is not as handy as netflix hulu amazon disney apple hbo and

Oh wait..

 

[Putonahappyface]

I generally wait until there is plenty of things to watch and then subscribe for a month and then kill it. Netflix keeps me coming back for their documentaries more than anything else. I imagine it'll be some time before we see the final season of Stranger Things now.

 

[Fbh]

None of these subscription services are worth having permanently anymore. There was a time Netflix had a mix of price and content where I didn't mind always paying for it, but these days you basically just wait for them to release a couple of actually good stuff (which can take a while) and then you just subscibe for a month or two to watch them.

And it's pretty much the same for every other one.

 

[Nobody_Important]

More money.

All of the money.

Line must always go up.

Fuck our customers.

 

[AV]

Still getting our money's worth via that absolute shite my better half watches, at least.

 

[Trunx81]

Interesting insights into Netflix castings: A German comedian was in discussion with Netflix to make a movie out of his autobiography.

Felix Lobrecht: „Die Fiction-Abteilung bei Netflix ist völlig irre. Die sind deep down in diesem Woke-Gaga“ - WELT

Mit deutlichen Worten hat der deutsche Comedian Felix Lobrecht Kritik an Netflix geübt. So habe der Streamingdienst bei den Verhandlungen über die Verfilmung seines Bestsellers „Sonne und Beton“ an wichtigen Stellen inhaltliche Vorgaben gemacht – und etwa aus kriminellen Migranten eine deutsche...

www.welt.de

According to the report, Netflix also originally wanted to produce his cinema success "Sun and Concrete," the film adaptation of Lobrecht's autobiographically inspired bestseller of the same name. But according to Lobrecht, the streaming service wanted to interfere too much with the film's content. "The fiction department at Netflix is completely nuts. They're really deep down in this woke-gaga."

For example, some criminal characters with an immigrant background were to be rewritten as Germans. "They wanted to make Neukölln politically correct, to make my youth fit into their political movie." A gang of Arab drug dealers was to be replaced by a gang of German lesbian girls.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Well, today learned that all 12 seasons of trailer park boys is on Netflix. They got my money for a few more months i guess

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Yikes! Good thing we dumped it last week

Honestly people learn to cycle through these services every year.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Saw this coming a mile away. Fuck em.

 

[Sephimoth]

I cancelled when they had the audacity to backtrack on password sharing. Didn't like their tone in that email, so...

 

[AJUMP23]

I just sign in for my in-laws and they use my account.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

They need to be careful with the frequency of these price rises…

I cancelled when they had the audacity to backtrack on password sharing. Didn't like their tone in that email, so...

They offered password sharing to hook extra customers in, happy to exchange lost revenue for extra exposure to build their user base. It was obviously never going to be a long term thing, business use this kind of model all the time.

They then made the sensible business decision to realise that as a household name they really don’t need the exposure anymore, and would rather lose some “customers” who weren’t really worth much to them financially anyway.

And, you know, it’s their business and they can do what they want? And it’s just a streaming service that you don’t need at all?

Some people seem to have reacted as if your water company had started to charge each individual tap user or something.

The audacity? Are you serious?

 

[March Climber]

So after the increase and account sharing bump, they now fuck over the loyal customers who remained with them rather than cancel?

How would they be able to fuck over anyone else?

 

[Sephimoth]

They need to be careful with the frequency of these price rises…

They offered password sharing to hook extra customers in, happy to exchange lost revenue for extra exposure to build their user base. It was obviously never going to be a long term thing, business use this kind of model all the time.

They then made the sensible business decision to realise that as a household name they really don’t need the exposure anymore, and would rather lose some “customers” who weren’t really worth much to them financially anyway.

And, you know, it’s their business and they can do what they want? And it’s just a streaming service that you don’t need at all?

Some people seem to have reacted as if your water company had started to charge each individual tap user or something.

The audacity? Are you serious?

Of course I'm serious. They encourage password sharing, then they write an email as if you're stealing from them and demand more money. F*ck em

 

[deriks]

Remember when Netflix was simple, have nice content and was just like $15? Good times... Nowadays we don't have any

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Of course I'm serious. They encourage password sharing, then they write an email as if you're stealing from them and demand more money. F*ck em

OK man, you do you I guess.

But they don’t owe you shit, it’s a service they’re offering and they get to offer it to you in whichever way they see fit.

Agree to their terms or don’t, it’s not like it’s a necessity.

I don’t get people’s outrage man…

 

[Nobody_Important]

Of course I'm serious. They encourage password sharing, then they write an email as if you're stealing from them and demand more money. F*ck em

Yeah. It's ridiculous that they took that kind of stance after encouraging the practice for years.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

They've just announced the price increase in US, UK and FR.

 

[Mithos]

Last time I paid for Netflix (the one and only time I did) 1080p one stream it was ~€8/month.

 

[Tams]

I haven't subscribed to them for years now and I'm definitely not going to again with the shite they put out now.

I managed to watch One Piece, which suprisingly was pretty good, but not worth maintaining a sub with them.