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Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by WillAdams »

partiallypro wrote: post #16

I cancelled Netflix long ago, they started cancelling their best shows (like 1899, etc) and producing absolute garbage. I mean just look at the quality of early/peak Netflix to now. Stranger Things is a great example, the decline is visible not just in the story but in the visuals. The documentaries are also bad now, I watched the "Manosphere" at someone's house, and while you can agree with the premise that these pe…

While I haven't watched it, the fate of _1899_ is why I've pretty much given up on TV --- I'm _not_ going to watch anything until I know that:

- the story has been completed (_Dark Matter_ is the poster child for this)

- the ending makes sense as part of a coherent whole (the _Battlestar Galactica_ reboot still enrages me)

then, maybe I'll find time to devote to something --- until then, I've got books to read, code to write, projects to build, home improvements to make, and a yard to weed/maintain and trees which need to be harvested for lumber....

Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by dogleash »

GenerWork wrote: post #2

Cue up people shouting about how this is horrible and that they're totally going to cancel, only to be followed by Netflix making even more money next quarter.

Do you think they think they're going to meaningfully effect Netflix's bottom line?

Or are they just trying to chat online about the purchase decision topic at hand?

Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by jedberg »

epistasis wrote: post #40
GenerWork wrote: post #2

Cue up people shouting about how this is horrible and that they're totally going to cancel, only to be followed by Netflix making even more money next quarter.

Well they'd have to lose a huge percentage of people for this not to be profitable quarter over quarter. But it likely cuts in to future growth substantially. And with what seems to now be an unavoidable economic storm as in-transit tankers dock and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz starts to be felt, there might be a larger than normal amount of people looking to cut costs in the coming year. Or maybe not, people…

Netflix, cable, etc. and other at home subscriptions tend to be the last things cut because people generally stay home more when the economy is bad so they want their in-home entertainment.

Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by jedberg »

stronglikedan wrote: post #21
hbn wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pirating is honestly, by-far the least painful experience to watch things. I recently started watching a series, and I figured I'd check if it's on any streaming services I have access to. I found it on Prime Video, but when I clicked into it, it needed some other separate subscription to a service I'd never heard of to watch it. And even then, it had like, seasons 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 of the 9 total seasons. If ther…

> Pirating is honestly, by-far the least painful experience to watch things. No it's not. It's just the cheapest. Except for a few outliers like you describe, streaming is an order of magnitude less painful.

I worked at Netflix, I'm a huge Netflix Stan, but even I have to agree pirating is way easier. Especially now that they started cracking down on account sharing.

Having to constantly re-authenticate in my own home is annoying as hell.

Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by mattbrewsbytes »

jmyeet wrote: post #17
GenerWork wrote: post #2

Cue up people shouting about how this is horrible and that they're totally going to cancel, only to be followed by Netflix making even more money next quarter.

Speaking from experience, I had Netflix for years without thinking about it, starting at $8/month. At that price I didn't care if I watched it or not. Then it went to $10, $12, etc. Once it got to $15-16 (I forget), I cancelled it. I now sign up for 1-2 months a year to catch up on shows I like and just rotate which streaming services I have. Yes, this is anecdotal. It's hard to find data on how common rotating strea…

I think this is a lot more common and I suspect people decide to do monthly and that they'll cancel after catching up on shows ... and then they don't cancel. So I'm sure the streaming services don't care that people do this because they might come out ahead anyways.

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Post by randusername »

retrac98 wrote: post #14

I remember signing up to Netflix to watch house of cards back in the early 2010s and being absolutely blown away. I don’t think there’s been a single show on Netflix I’ve genuinely looked forward to in the past couple of years. It’s like they completely gave up on quality content and just shovel out the most mediocre slop. I’m amazed people still pay these ever increasing prices.

I am still trying to recover from whatever Witcher season 3 broke in my brain by its audaciously low quality.

I was kicked out of the suspension of disbelief so hard I can't unsee things about the production process now, like makeup, continuity, costuming, sound design.

It was like the whole crew from script to editor just gave up, totally bizarre for headliner content.

Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by usernamed7 »

I won't be cancelling by subscription because I don't have one :) I have found I get way more value out of subscribing for 1-2 months to a service and then switching to another or going a few months without any.

At this point, netflix will keep raising prices. Because they can, and because they have to as a public company beholden to shareholders. I'm not sure there are other markets or other products/services they could expand into, i think they've already reached a point of saturation.

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Post by torben-friis »

Honestly, having parted for the seven seas years ago, every time I check I'm surprised how much the frog's been boiled.

General quality seems on par with soap opera slop, shows look like they've become a genre itself with different structure and even lightning, there's more trash tv there than there used to be in cable (which saying something), etc.

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Post by Supermancho »

denysvitali wrote: post #23
retrac98 wrote: post #14

I remember signing up to Netflix to watch house of cards back in the early 2010s and being absolutely blown away. I don’t think there’s been a single show on Netflix I’ve genuinely looked forward to in the past couple of years. It’s like they completely gave up on quality content and just shovel out the most mediocre slop. I’m amazed people still pay these ever increasing prices.

Severance (Apple TV) and Fallout (Amazon Prime) are pretty amazing TV shows that came out somewhat recently. Nothing on top of my mind came out of Netflix for which I really felt the need of resubscribing. I miss the quality of TV shows we reached with Mr. Robot, Silicon Valley, Utopia (UK), and Westworld :(

* Silo (Apple TV)

* Pluribus (Apple TV)

* Paradise (Paramount+)

* Landman (Paramount+)

* A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max)

First few seasons Netflix keeps it together before crapping the bed:

* Witcher (Netflix)

* Stranger Things (Netflix)

* Mindhunter (Netflix)

Re: Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent

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Post by coro_1 »

miduil wrote: post #28

Good for them, I cancelled my subscription simply because Linux support is so awful. It's impossible to watch in 4k, and even with 1080p you frequently get automatically downgraded to lower res bitrate whenever the window isn't focused. Absolutely daunting.

You know it's funny. Awhile ago I subscribed only to watch Stranger Things, I paid for the 1080 HD plan.

4K is clearly incentivized. Any how, I called to complain at the time. My opinion is the picture instantly got notably better when I tried standard HD again. There seems to be different degradations of 1080 and 4K.

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