Netflix going to $19.99 a month

[lizkat]

Cancelled! Take that, Netflix!

I don’t even share this password, but Netflix is the only streamer charging me for 4K video quality, and $20 is a lot, relatively speaking. If they’d kept it at more like $15 I doubt I would have dropped them.

I've been thinking about it, mostly because I recently re-upped to Prime membership before the most recent hike on that went up again, so having Prime video around for specific things I had wanted to see or see again means I do spend less time on Netflix and was watching more HBO Max stuff anyway.

 

[shadow puppet]

Maybe Netflix's recent rate increase will help hire someone to avoid these types of mistakes?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1551295968485703680/

 

[Edd]

Maybe Netflix's upcoming rate increase will help hire someone to avoid these types of mistakes?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1551295968485703680/

Increase? There cannot be another coming, right?

 

[Eric]

Increase? There cannot be another coming, right?

Right, this increase already happened a while back. I'm not aware of a new one.

 

[shadow puppet]

Right, this increase already happened a while back. I'm not aware of a new one.

Increase? There cannot be another coming, right?

I edited my post to "recent" rate increase since mine went up June 29th.

 

[fischersd]

Have both Prime and Netflix - it's getting more and more annoying now how much content is not available on either - as everyone and their brother has streaming services now.

Getting more tempting everyday to setup a NAS like I had back in Onterrible with automation to grab everything that I want from the newsgroups again.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Getting more tempting everyday to setup a NAS like I had back in Onterrible with automation to grab everything that I want from the newsgroups again.

Arrrr matey!

 

[shadow puppet]

I've become so bored with Netflix I think I'll be alternating which months to subscribe. No need to pay so much for something I don't consistently watch. Which is the reason I cut the cable cord in the first place. I enjoy the freedom of ala carte streaming.

 

[Edd]

I firmly suspect that last price increase was harmful to their business. $20/month for 4K? What are they smoking?

 

[Huntn]

I've become so bored with Netflix I think I'll be alternating which months to subscribe. No need to pay so much for something I don't consistently watch. Which is the reason I cut the cable cord in the first place. I enjoy the freedom of ala carte streaming.

We still find enough there to keep the subscription for now.

 

[shadow puppet]

We still find enough there to keep the subscription for now.

Oddly enough, the one I've been watching the most lately is ATV+. Shining Girls, Ted Lasso, For All Mankind, Severance & Black Bird.

 

[shadow puppet]

I firmly suspect that last price increase was harmful to their business. $20/month for 4K? What are they smoking?

I agree. It's getting ridiculous.

 

[lizkat]

I've become so bored with Netflix I think I'll be alternating which months to subscribe. No need to pay so much for something I don't consistently watch. Which is the reason I cut the cable cord in the first place. I enjoy the freedom of ala carte streaming.

There was just a piece in The Guardian over the weekend about people cutting down on streaming platforms and some of them electing to drift in and out again as they hear of stuff they want to watch, hoping to end up spending less money overall.

‘I can’t afford what I used to’: how the cost of living has changed viewing habits

Four people tell how rising living costs have pushed them to cut back on luxuries like streaming services

www.theguardian.com

The thing is, the streaming providers have noticed this churning behavior, and some that also produce original programming have begun to cut back on the production side, or else changed how they go about negotiating for exhibition windows when they acquire rights to stream products. And meanwhile mainstream media reporters have started turning out pieces for the business/investor section, asking if the streaming boom is over.

"There's no free lunch" goes for everyone in the end.

Funny how we all ditched cable because we wanted a la carte choices that traditional providers would not give us, and now we have so many streaming platform choices we can't decide which ones to keep paying for in order not to end up shelling out the equivalent of a full cable sub.​

Bonus cliché: "There's nothing new under the sun".

 

[shadow puppet]

"There's no free lunch" goes for everyone in the end.

True. I consider it ever evolving creativity in how I choose to manage my viewing finances. I actually don't mind the ala carte approach as it's continually changing and therefore keeps it new & interesting for me. Regardless, it's still saving me money compared to when I had a cable service. Maybe if enough of us speak with our pocket book, a message will be sent. Just my 2 duccats worth from someone who works in the film industry and has a familiarity with advertising costs.

Right now, for me, that's the bottom line. I have to be creative in all my finances. The pandemic killed me and wiped out my savings.

 

[Huntn]

Have both Prime and Netflix - it's getting more and more annoying now how much content is not available on either - as everyone and their brother has streaming services now.

Getting more tempting everyday to setup a NAS like I had back in Onterrible with automation to grab everything that I want from the newsgroups again.

Hit and run subscribing…

 

[Joe]

I'm getting Netflix for free through my TMobile plan. It's standard definition but I can't really tell the damn difference so I keep it at SD. I can pay I believe $10 for the highest plan but I am ok with SD for free

 

[ronntaylor]

We're getting Netflix at a reduced rate via our T-Mobile family plan. Only keep it (Netflix) since we have households in two states and even the in-laws can find something to watch.