Netflix here we go again.

Mekrel said:
I've been with Netflix since 2012, I'm on the Ultra HD plan and I'll be cancelling my subscription with this next round of price increases.

I don't see how they can justify the continuous rate at which they're raising their prices. The UHD plan was £11.99 back in 2020, with an article in Jan 21 on the BBC saying it was increasing to £13.99.

That's way ahead of the incredible inflation rates. According to BoE that £12 service should cost £14.57 not £17.99.

They'll keep rising prices because the gain in income is massive, the benefit for them far outstrips any volume risk. They can lose 11% of subscribers on the top plan and their income will remain flat, but their margins will be improved meaning they'll still make more profit.
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They can justify it as long as subscriber numbers are going up.

Personally? I think they are on the cusp or just over too high with this next rise.

FYI. We are on the SD tier. 2 screens. Which is ideal as tv is only 1080 anyway
 
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The price gouging for 4k HDR has got beyond silly. I've long been on the cusp of cancelling my default subscription to Netflix and going for a mix and match approach.
 
Ah standard is staying where it is.
Interesting.


Problem for me. Is I do. T have anywhere else to go. I only watch Netflix and there isn't really any other streamer I'd subscribe/switch to.

Sure I may end up doing 10 months of Netflix, a month of D+ and a month of amazon going forward. But Netflix is my bulk
 
The only reason we switched up to the top package was because my wife's aunt/uncle use our account and I could never get on it when I'm at the gym.

With this next bump they might have to start stumping up for their own account!
 
I'd pay upto 15ppm for sure m still only 7.50 each.

Obviously Netflix's figures show that most just rant about it but carry on subscribing.
 
413x said:
Obviously Netflix's figures show that most just rant about it but carry on subscribing.
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And that's the rub, just look at the amount of people in here that kicked off when the crackdown on password sharing was announced and all the "It'll never work everyone will cancel" yet they've come out with even more subscribers.
 
413x said:
I'd pay upto 15ppm for sure m still only 7.50 each.

Obviously Netflix's figures show that most just rant about it but carry on subscribing.
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I'll definitely be cancelling if standard goes up to £15 anytime soon.

Or, I will dip in and out and won't subscribe all year round.

In fact i was thinking about doing that anyway - just dipping in and out of the different services on a monthly basis, rather than pay for multiples etc. It will be a faff, but if these streaming companies make them all too expensive, then a faff it will have to be.
 
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tom_e said:
And that's the rub, just look at the amount of people in here that kicked off when the crackdown on password sharing was announced and all the "It'll never work everyone will cancel" yet they've come out with even more subscribers.
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The other streamers aren't a touch on Netflix. So the only other option is freeview (which is pretty dire from my perspective) or sky. Which is lol money.

For myself no other platform funds/hosts content I like. No where near vs Netflix. Its certainly getting gappy for me. But take:
one piece,
arcane,
shadow and bone,
dragon prince,
Castlevania,
Etc..

No one else does these type of shows. Maybe the odd one or 2 on apple/amazon. But nothing like Netflix.

I'm happy to pay for this and not pirate as if everyone did.. There wouldn't be this content.

Its only Netflix that has allowed me to dump the TV licence.
 
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i am at my limit.......... i would have cancelled already but my mum who i share my account with asked if i would keep it on, so i coughed up the £15. they do a lot for me so i dont mind, but out of principle i will cancel if it goes up more.

its not like there are not multiple other ways of getting the material......... Piracy is so easy these days imo at some point all these streamers are going to shake the money tree, or cut their services to much and people will just go to the dark side imo.
 
413x said:
The other streamers aren't a touch on Netflix. So the only other option is freeview (which is pretty dire from my perspective) or sky. Which is lol money.

For myself no other platform funds/hosts content I like. No where near vs Netflix. Its certainly getting gappy for me. But take:
one piece,
arcane,
shadow and bone,
dragon prince,
Castlevania,
Etc..

No one else does these type of shows. Maybe the odd one or 2 on apple/amazon. But nothing like Netflix.

I'm happy to pay for this and not pirate as if everyone did.. There wouldn't be this content.

Its only Netflix that has allowed to dump the TV licence.
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Sky is silly cheap through NOW TV.

I literally pay a few quid a month for Entertainment and movies. Every time you go to cancel, they give you a silly price to carry on.
 
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Jono8 said:
Sky is silly cheap through NOW TV.

I literally pay a few quid a month for Entertainment and movies. Every time you go to cancel, they give you a silly price to carry on.
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But remember you need the TV licence on top.
So Netflix at 11 a month is still cheaper than the TV licence.
Is the TV licence 150-160 now?
 
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Jono8 said:
Why would you need a TV license? You don't have to watch NOW TV live.
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Didn't know this tbh.

Thought sky was almost all live or recording live. Which means (technically) you needed one.

Is it more like all4? And stuff like that?

You can tell I haven't watched any tv for years! :D
 
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SixTwoSix said:
All on demand with the option to watch live sky channels but a bit redundant tbh if you can pick and choose what/when to watch.
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Thanks. I'll certainly have a look.

When I used to watch sky at my nanas house i didn't think much of it. But that was years and years ago. Maybe it's changed. Maybe it hasn't. But it's sure worth a look to dip in and out of.
 
413x said:
Didn't know this tbh.

Thought sky was almost all live or recording live. Which means (technically) you needed one.

Is it more like all4? And stuff like that?

You can tell I haven't watched any tv for years! :D
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NOW TV is literally like Netflix (IE on demand streaming) but with pretty much all of SKYs content.

You can watch some channels live on it, but you don't have to.
 
Devilman said:
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Note the very first definition....

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

That is exactly what people are doing when they use a VPN to deceptively "pretend" they are a resident of a country with a cheaper Netfix Sub.
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Wrongful - (of an act) not fair, just, or legal.

Breaking the TOS is not illegal, fair and just is somewhat subjective and personal opinion. Therefore by that definition it could be argued that a VPN to get it cheaper isn't fraud.
 
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As others have said, £18pm just to watch a selection of content in UHD (a lot of their third-party stuff isn't UHD despite being available in that format elsewhere) is absolutely absurd. I think they need to look at adjusting the structure of their tiers too; there will be plenty of people who want 4K but don't need the ability to watch multiple screens at once. Either that, or start making some significant upgrades to the maximum bitrates the UHD tier gets to ensure pristine image quality.

I cancelled when the password sharing crackdown prevented my parents from sharing my account, and it's very unlikely I'll resub to Netflix again until they make some favourable changes again.
 
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