Netflix here we go again.

MadMossy · 19 Jul 2022 at 17:47

So Netflix have failed to learn from the lesson that jacking up prices is bad, when they bumped the cost to £15 a month, they lost hundreds of thousands if not millions of subscribers.

They are now trialling a new charge, an additional £2.50 for shared accounts. Suffice to say I see an even greater loss in subscriber numbers if this happens.

Netflix trials charging $2.99 for shared accounts

The streaming service is looking for new ways to make money as it loses subscribers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Rroff · 19 Jul 2022 at 17:50

They do seem incredibly out of touch, though personally don't care about that aspect.

Semple · 19 Jul 2022 at 17:51

Looks like they're only targeting south America first. Not sure why tbh, is that a good representation of their user base. I guess if they see drastic numbers drop there then they may abandon plans.

Minusorange · 19 Jul 2022 at 17:56

This isn't news it was announced back in May

Netflix runs trial crackdown on password sharing in Latin America

Central and South America is one of the lowest earning regions for Netflix, according to Statistica, making it particularly vulnerable to price changes but representing a lower risk.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Surprised the BBC is 2 months late to report it

413x · 19 Jul 2022 at 17:57

It's fair really.

What they should have done is never permit it in the first place.

fez · 19 Jul 2022 at 18:16

Semple said:
Looks like they're only targeting south America first. Not sure why tbh, is that a good representation of their user base. I guess if they see drastic numbers drop there then they may abandon plans.

Its a cheap trial. They pay less there and probably have far fewer subscribers so its a good large scale test without the risk of losing a lot of customers.

413x said:
It's fair really.

What they should have done is never permit it in the first place.

Its not when the price proposition for a lot of people includes the understanding that they can share their account with a friend.

I am tempted to cancel it and certainly will if they bump the price up or stop my parents from using our account at the same time. Its already overpriced for the quality it offers to people that have had it for a few years.

CaNsA · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:14

But wait.... y u do dis Netflix?

Doobedoo · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:21

Can’t put a price on love…

mrk · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:26

The irony in them rinsing people for more cash yet here they are stealing my photography at the same time!

LabR@t · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:26

Now SF had finished I just need to watch BCS and I think I'll Jack it in. Loads of woke or foreign poorly dubbed content

Efour · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:27

Doobedoo said:
Can’t put a price on love…

less than £2.50

mrk · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:27

You should not be watching dubbed anyway. Subbed is the only way to watch non English stuff.

Mason- · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:29

mrk said:
The irony in them rinsing people for more cash yet here they are stealing my photography at the same time!

… go on.

mrk · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:31

They used my work in a movie witnout permission so I'm going the legal action route^

Diddums · 19 Jul 2022 at 19:43

mrk said:
They used my work in a movie witnout permission so I'm going the legal action route^

Fo shizzle? Guess you can't share the deets.

theone8181 · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:09

I'm still interested to see how they police this, I watch netflix when out and about so does that mean I'll have to pay extra to use data over home WiFi?

mrk · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:32

Diddums said:
Fo shizzle? Guess you can't share the deets.

Maybe not quite yet, but for some stats, the movie trailer on their youtube channel had 55k views at the start of the month, it now has over 1 million views and the movie is a global release. In legal speak, "Significant damages" is an understatement!

krooton · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:39

mrk said:
Maybe not quite yet, but for some stats, the movie trailer on their youtube channel had 55k views at the start of the month, it now has over 1 million views and the movie is a global release. In legal speak, "Significant damages" is an understatement!

Damn man, hope you get a nice payday

Nate75 · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:44

413x said:
It's fair really.

What they should have done is never permit it in the first place.

I think it's fair also, I also think that those that do share and are thinking about leaving will leave.

Basically in a nut shell they will lose overall when this is brought in, I reckon in any case.

Diddums · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:48

mrk said:
Maybe not quite yet, but for some stats, the movie trailer on their youtube channel had 55k views at the start of the month, it now has over 1 million views and the movie is a global release. In legal speak, "Significant damages" is an understatement!

Dayumn son, hope you get some royalties off that bad boy! I think I know which one it is, have you posted it on here before? Took it in London?