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Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by rchaud »

ecshafer wrote: post #45
medellin wrote: post #37

Netflix also no longer works when i travel. Went on a short trip to see some relatives in another country and my netflix account is blocked. Contacted support and they said i need to pay for a new account in that country. Netflix is really starting to lose its value for me. But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through and then configure some rpis to send to family members so w…

Netflix lost its value for me when they just stopped having good content. I kept it around almost out of habit, but the anti-consumer policies were the straw that broke the camels back. Their self produced movies and shows are on average, abysmal. I might put up with their practices if they made good things.

> Their self produced movies and shows are on average, abysmal. I might put up with their practices if they made good things.

That's the reality. Getting AAA shows on demand for $10/mo was always a mirage. The cable companies weren't conspiring against viewers by preventing you from getting channels a la carte.

Cross-subsidization is what makes TV work. The straight-to-DVD quality "streaming originals" are getting picked up by cable TV channels around the world that need programming. Eventually Netflix will see more profits from library royalties than they do from the subscription business.

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by rchaud »

crazygringo wrote: post #53
cortesoft wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, a ton of people complain about the rising cost of groceries.

But nobody complains that the grocery store didn't warn them in advance. So why does the article's headline think that price changes are supposed to be pre-announced? Netflix has done plenty of things that legitimately deserve criticism, but not pre-announcing a price change is a silly thing to judge them for. It's a clickbait headline, trying to stir up outrage where it doesn't even make sense.

Presumably the grocery store didn't have everybody's email address.

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by crazygringo »

rchaud wrote: post #82
crazygringo wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But nobody complains that the grocery store didn't warn them in advance. So why does the article's headline think that price changes are supposed to be pre-announced? Netflix has done plenty of things that legitimately deserve criticism, but not pre-announcing a price change is a silly thing to judge them for. It's a clickbait headline, trying to stir up outrage where it doesn't even make sense.

Presumably the grocery store didn't have everybody's email address.

Netflix doesn't have these people's e-mail addresses either. Because this is about increasing the price for new customers, not existing ones. And it has no idea who's going to sign up.

(Also, grocery stores very often do have the e-mail addresses of most of their regular shoppers, if they use a rewards program in order to get sale prices. But they certainly don't use it to daily price hikes.)

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by fortyseven »

curiousDog wrote: post #48
medellin wrote: post #37

Netflix also no longer works when i travel. Went on a short trip to see some relatives in another country and my netflix account is blocked. Contacted support and they said i need to pay for a new account in that country. Netflix is really starting to lose its value for me. But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through and then configure some rpis to send to family members so w…

It's likely you're sharing it across households/relatives. Not sure I'd go to such lengths for something that costs as much as a Chipotle burrito tbh

And I'm sure they would love for you to roll over, too. Come on, man.

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by mcpackieh »

RockRobotRock wrote: post #58
eek2121 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave up on that nonsense.I have a raspberry pi that rapidly pulls down new torrents for stuff and processes and/or copies it to my media center for free....which is another raspberry pi. I've no problem paying for content (I am "upper class"), but companies, especially Netflix clearly haven't figured things out. For Netflix, I am mostly referring to the account sharing stuff. I did not share my account with anyone,…

I can also afford streaming services but choose instead to steal it. You don't need to justify it with such weak excuses.

"steal"

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by justinclift »

voytec wrote: post #79
justinclift wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through ... On a technical point, you might be able to get away with just using Squid for the proxy, with pretty much default settings. http://www.squid-cache.org I used to use that years ago (not with Netflix though) running from a data centre, using an ssh (autossh) tunnel to reach it securely. Worked pretty well, aside from the extra l…

Before Netflix was available outside US, I had a VM somewhere in the US, with Netflix proxy (they had no issues with accepting payments from Poland). Proxy-ing web traffic was not enough and, if memory serves, I also had to set up a DNS resolver on that machine and use it. May be easier to just set up WireGuard nowadays.

> DNS resolver on that machine and use it.

That's a good point. I'd kind of suspect that enabling the "Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5" setting (in Firefox) would achieve the same thing without the extra setup hassle, but I've not tried it to know if it'd work. :)

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL »

mdm_ wrote: post #17

Crave recently did the same thing in Canada, got rid of their $9.99 “mobile” plan, and now the $24.99 subscription is the only choice available for new subscribers. Sucks because all I want to watch is new Star Trek series, which means paying $28/month after tax to watch about 3.5 hours of content.

You could see that as the price of a movie ticket!

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL »

ipaddr wrote: post #61
mdm_ wrote: post #17

Crave recently did the same thing in Canada, got rid of their $9.99 “mobile” plan, and now the $24.99 subscription is the only choice available for new subscribers. Sucks because all I want to watch is new Star Trek series, which means paying $28/month after tax to watch about 3.5 hours of content.

I wanted to try Crave but I bought an nVidia box instead. Install kodi found some popular addons. Now I can see anything on Crave or any other network from any point in history. I'm watching season 2 of Big Brother, I'm watching shows not available on streaming services. I didn't realize this user experience and availability was possible. I still have netflix, prime, plex and cable but that might give me .1% availabi…

What plugins are you using? I have nvidia box and kodi and I am not aware of what you are describing!

Re: Netflix Canada just got rid of its cheapest ad-free plan without even a heads up

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Post by diogenescynic »

ecshafer wrote: post #45
medellin wrote: post #37

Netflix also no longer works when i travel. Went on a short trip to see some relatives in another country and my netflix account is blocked. Contacted support and they said i need to pay for a new account in that country. Netflix is really starting to lose its value for me. But I’m working on setting up a VPN at my house to tunnel all Netflix traffic through and then configure some rpis to send to family members so w…

Netflix lost its value for me when they just stopped having good content. I kept it around almost out of habit, but the anti-consumer policies were the straw that broke the camels back. Their self produced movies and shows are on average, abysmal. I might put up with their practices if they made good things.

The UI/UX is still intentionally bad. You just waste time looking for something to watch and even when you do it's content that's 6-9 years old and you kind of already didn't care to watch or it's a blockbuster you've already seen or own. It's just kind of a waste.
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