NetFlix Just Announced a 16%+ Price Increase.

Axel Slingerland said:
I hear ya about the cost. I have a collection of DVDs which the total I have left is unclear because my kids totally botched the move to Edison. I try not to think how much invested in all those DVDs. (But I was in the hospital, and couldn't do anything about it.) Then about a month ago one of my two 8T Seagate USB drives bit the dust and I lost 7,000 .MP4 copies of TV Series Episodes and movies from my DVDs.
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That sounds a lot more convenient than having to search through 10 shelves of DVDs to find a film. Hard drives are cheap now. I'd double your hard drive capacity, and have a backup ready for another hard drive tragedy.
 
At least Netflix commercials and limited. I gave up on one streaming service even at the very very low dollars a month special deal I had because the commercials were painful. Not only were the commercial breaks too long, but they repeated the same insurance company commercials over and over and over and over and over again. I am not sure which I dislike more, the streaming service or the insurance company.
 

We have just closed our Prime and Netflicks accounts in order to reduce the amount of money we are paying to American companies. We have also shut down our Amazon account here in Canada, because the company has announced that it is closing 7 warehouses and distribution centers in Quebec, because the workers there are trying to become union members. Many Canadians are not going to be buying American products anymore including American made wine, beer or alcohol.
 
JustDave said:
.....But it's like they have a relatively small staff of writers and technicians that work off one set of algorithms, so everything has a certain redundant sameness about it. They seldom go outside the box and creativity suffers. But they have a lot of quantity doing it this way. There's not a lot that grabs my attention. Once in awhile, they have scored a hit, but mostly it's all rather bla....
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Sounds like the way architecture design of homes is going, @JustDave . Developers just design the cheapest and build the cheapest and everything is starting to look like one state: California burbs, unless you get east of the Mississippi.
 
HermitHogan said:
My mistake. That was the advice given to me by ChatGPT. Sometimes it just makes up crap. :mad:

It also says that if too many apps are installed on the Roku device, that can cause performance issues with Netflix. I'm going to remove all the apps that I don't use and see if that makes any difference.
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If you remember, let me know if it does.
 
When we upgraded our security system, they offered us a ‘great deal’ on three months of 4 streaming services for $10. I declined but they said it was so great and I could just cancel when I wanted. Since I wanted to see some things on Disney I took it and after two months cancelled it today. Netflix went back into service directly. Only detail was that they bumped me up to Premium. I changed it back to mid tier but I still have to pay the higher level for the one month. I could fight it but it’s not worth it for $5.
 
JustDave said:
I screw with their system all the time. I think most people just like something to watch, even if it's not that interesting. Or possibly, they don't care about costs. For me, it's mostly my way of protesting (as if they care).:mad:
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Gee, how do you "screw" with their system?
 
Ruthanne said:
Gee, how do you "screw" with their system?
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A good place to start is to sign up for the 7 day free trial, binge watch a series, and cancel before the trial ends. But granted, it's not like you actually screwed them. It didn't cost them a dime, well maybe a dollar to let me watch what's already out there, but they set up the system to grab a bunch of others.

I guess what I mean is I screw around with their intention to get me to be a full blown supporter. I usually sign up for a month, but in two weeks of that month, I've seen enough of their inventory to know that it's no longer a benefit for me to hang around any longer. Then I give them 6 months to see what they add, while I go to Hulu, someplace else, or use my own library of favorites. I think in a month, I will take a shot at Apple TV's 7 day free trial. There is a series I would like to see the last three seasons. I don't have high expectations for anything else there, but we will see.
 
Today I read a news feed that said Netflix had doubled its revenue this year, but yet they significantly raised their subscription rates. If that's true, on the surface that doesn't make sense, so there must be something else to it. The tendency is to blame "corporate greed", but businesses generally only price what the market will bear.
 
ChiroDoc said:
The tendency is to blame "corporate greed", but businesses generally only price what the market will bear.
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Corporate greed is the standard mechanism behind capitalism. Companies would prefer that you call it supply and demand or "whatever the market will bear," which is a little closer to the truth. But streaming services are not something we need like food and shelter, and we are not forced to participate.

The economy must be in good shape if the market will bear huge price surges for a luxury. So there's a positive spin in it too. Just don't expect a strong economy to put more discretionary income into everyone's personal pocketbook. It will benefit some more than others.
 
NPR did an interview with a writer and critic yesterday that almost parroted everything I've been thinking about Netflix and its huge library of Netflix produced offerings, which are mostly unwatchable algorithms featuring big stars. It's hard to imagine Netflix's following is as dedicated as it is. I won't got into all the details, as I've mentioned some of my opinions before. Mostly, the interview was satisfying because it validated my feelings, not that they reflect the views of most subscribers, apparently.

One thing the critic mentioned that I have been dimly aware of was that the films are designed for people who like to have movies running in the back ground while they are washing dishes or cleaning the house or making the beds, but not watching. For example, if an actor is leaving a scene, his lines might include unnecessary things like, "I'm walking out the door now," so that people don't have to watch but still feel like they are participating. Not a big item for me, but if I were subscribing to Netflix, it's something I would watch for now.

I won't say Netflix is over priced. If they can keep getting monthly streaming fees from customers, they are not overpriced. But it is overpriced for my tastes.
 
JustDave said:
A good place to start is to sign up for the 7 day free trial, binge watch a series, and cancel before the trial ends. But granted, it's not like you actually screwed them. It didn't cost them a dime, well maybe a dollar to let me watch what's already out there, but they set up....
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Me too not really screwing them out of anything. Is the price they pay for having my contact info IMHO. I love free trials.
 
I've read that "Disney+" lost 700,000 subscribers over 3 months at the end of last year. It sounds like price hikes are coming and the freebie bundles which many have will lose D+ as well.

Looking at its content, I doubt it can survive without subsidies. That probably will sink its Hulu alias as well.

In a year the streaming landscape might look very different.
 
dilettante said:
I've read that "Disney+" lost 700,000 subscribers over 3 months at the end of last year. It sounds like price hikes are coming and the freebie bundles which many have will lose D+ as well.
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I knew they were in trouble, and the criticisms I read, even confessions from management, is that they decided to focus on quantity, rather than quality. Disney has it's own movies, and many classics, but they are well known. Good for kids, however. They bought out the Marvel Universe, most of which I bought for myself, and since then they haven't added much of interest to their Marvel line.

Like Netflix, they seem to be following an algorithm rather than creating anything new. Everything now seems to be about traveling through the multiverse and meeting oddities following the Alice in Wonderland formula. They have increased their library with short subjects, maybe each 10 minutes or less, using the original Marvel characters. I kept thinking I would be watching sequels, but over and over they were more like 10 minute trailers, but with a mini plot.

The Hollywood block busters, few that there are, get divided up between all the streaming services, so like the $39 a month satellite services, it costs over $100 to get the 5 channels or networks you really want plus a lot of fodder like the shopping channel. In some cases you have to pay per view certain things of interest. But Disney hasn't done that.

I'm happy to buy DVDs that I know I want to see over and over. Not as grandiose as Netflix, and limited, but higher interest for me. I'm hearing they are phasing out DVDs, and if that happens, I'll have to figure out what to do next.
 
gilead said:
Following is my channel setup: As of today, I'm committed to 2 premium services - NO MORE

Tubi FREE
Roku Channel FREE
Freevee FREE
Pluto TV FREE
Plex FREE
VUDU FREE

*Amazon Prime $11.58 Monthly with ads promised I'll pay for this. I use the $35 threshold for shipping.
*Netflix $ 7.99 Monthly with ads promised I'll pay for this. Will cancel when family members get tired of the ads.

Total $19.57 Monthly
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That's exactly my lineup as well, except I got a deal to stream Peacock for 1 year for $29.99. That'll end, and thus be canceled, in June.
 
We watch a movie or documentary almost every night, so their subscription prices are still worth it for us. We also have Prime Video, Paramount+, and Kanopy. It's our main source of entertainment. We don't watch any network TV other than the news.
 

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