Netflix confirms it is increasing subscription prices, again, after adding 8.8 million customers::undefined

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I still get it as part of my phone plan, and hardly ever use it. They’ve conditioned me to not ever get interested in a Netflix show until there’s at least 4 seasons.

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        I get it through my phone plan for free (t-mobile) and I still cancelled my account with Netflix.

      • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Even if they don’t release anything, wtf. There is a huge back catalogue of movies I want to rewatch and stuff I’ve never seen. I can’t remember a single time I searched for a classic movie I wanted to watch and found it on Netflix streaming. Those movies were often available through Netflix DVD though! Enshitification indeed.

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          I use Justwatch to figure out where films and shows are, and even then it’s grim how many aren’t available to stream, or even buy legally.

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            even then it’s grim how many aren’t available to stream, or even buy legally.

            At that point you should honestly just pirate it so that a copy continues to exist.

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              I’ve done that for my Jellyfin server, but some things are too rare and niche to be sure of results unfortunately.

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        1 year ago

        Given the decline in service quality and the increase of 8.8 million subs in a quarter, they can continue being worse for more and the general public will support it.

        The only thing I care about is quality shows being made from good networks, still getting their funding, but streamers are turning into trash TV from the 2000’s.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I thought I did. I can’t even log into Netflix as they say I don’t have an account, and yet my PayPal history is showing I’ve been paying them continuously…

      How the fuck can they charge me for an account that doesn’t exist!? I just cancelled it today through PayPal, hopefully that stops it. It’s absolutely absurd.

    • Raptor_007@lemmy.world
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      Sure did. They still email me about shit to watch. Dunno why I thought that would stop on its own.

    • Gogo Sempai@programming.dev
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      Currently costs peanuts in India (have some good friends over there 🥸) and there’s no password sharing crackdown yet. Comes down to $2 per person on the highest plan. As long as this continues, I’ll stay subbed to Netflix.

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      It’s like the only one that works natively on my mom’s TV so that’s all she watches 🤷

    • Touching_Grass@lemmy.world
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      Tell all your friends and family what a steaming pile of shit it is. Share memes that tell people its a waste of money. Lots of stuff do to

      • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Sure, you could do that. But it’s better to be pro-alternative than anti-whatever. Personally I’d share jellyfin or Plex with my friends and family and ask them to do the same with whatever movies they have. It’s the modern equivalent of lending somebody a DVD and a list of your DVD collection.

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          Im not sure if your pro/anti point is true. Its the whole reason ads are a billion dollar industry. To counteract it there should be anti marketing movement.

          • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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            Great point. I’m skeptical though. If you are anti-thing-1 then there could always be thing-2. Being anti-marketing is better framed as pro-person or pro-volition or something similar. I suspect if advertising companies could not exist, media companies would force you to buy something you did not like instead of watching an ad, or in Netflix’s case they would force you to watch an episode of something you didn’t care about. This wouldn’t be advertising but would cause the ratio of watches of whatever their sponsors show was to go up. This would be similar to how Apple automatically added that U2 album to everybody’s account. It inflates that thing and causes you to digest it into your subconscious. It’s better to be pro-I-choose-what-I-watch.