Netflix here we go again.

beachBOYken · 24 Jul 2022 at 09:23

I switch as and when, I cancelled Netflix recently, now subbed to disney for a few months, have prime always, as use the postage quite often.

That Paramount + launch was abysmal, did the week trial and then closed my account fully (request via email support).

jonneymendoza · 24 Jul 2022 at 09:25

beachBOYken said:
I switch as and when, I cancelled Netflix recently, now subbed to disney for a few months, have prime always, as use the postage quite often.

That Paramount + launch was abysmal, did the week trial and then closed my account fully (request via email support).

Prime is very very good now

soundb0y · 24 Jul 2022 at 09:26

Im glad I never got into the habit of messing with all these different subscription services. Never felt like im missing out.

Diddums · 24 Jul 2022 at 13:09

This is definitely worth a watch and explains the reason behind Netflix's decline rather well:

Pigeon_Killer · 24 Jul 2022 at 13:40

Just watched that video and it's largely garbage.

He gave less than a minute to their competitors and pricing model and instead focused on what appears to be his own agenda which was Blackrock and woke content.

Of all of my friends and family, not one has dropped Netflix for anything other than pricing compared to other streaming platforms.

AndyCr15 · 24 Jul 2022 at 13:45

mrk said:
Trakt is useful. I update my Trakt via the TV Show Tracker app which has all the shows and movies I am watching. I simply tick off each one in the app once I've watched it and it then updates my Trakt history. So that covers shows on iplayer, ITV, Prime, Netflix, HULU etc etc. Trakt for me is just the central hub that the app keeps up to date via the API.

Agreed. Same here. I always find it odd when people comment they didn't realise a show had come back. If a show comes back on that I watch, it will appear on my to do list widget.

DeliciousStorage · 24 Jul 2022 at 14:55

theone8181 said:
At some point though, there's got to be a crossover and I suspect they're very close to that if they keep pushing with these stupid ideas and price rises.

1 million out of 221 million is 0.45%, price rises are quite a bit more than that so I don't think they're anywhere near the crossover point.

mrk · 24 Jul 2022 at 19:18

AndyCr15 said:
Agreed. Same here. I always find it odd when people comment they didn't realise a show had come back. If a show comes back on that I watch, it will appear on my to do list widget.

theone8181 · 24 Jul 2022 at 19:43

DeliciousStorage said:
1 million out of 221 million is 0.45%, price rises are quite a bit more than that so I don't think they're anywhere near the crossover point.

I suspect it will end up being an exponential reduction in people leaving. Whole I've not looked into it, I'm assuming the price rises ate always the same percentage increase worldwide?

413x · 24 Jul 2022 at 20:05

Soon going to be coming back to Netflix.

Had Disney 3 months and already onto the dregs.

By end of August there will be more shows I want to watch on Netflix than I have watched on D+

This will be likely how I go Forward.
Netflix 9 months of the year. Streaming service "other" for 3 months.

The others just do not have the content to be anything other than a filler.

andybird123 · 25 Jul 2022 at 23:38

theone8181 said:
At some point though, there's got to be a crossover and I suspect they're very close to that if they keep pushing with these stupid ideas and price rises.

If they increase prices by £1 (they actually did $2 in the US) they gain £200m+
If they lose 1m customers in the process they lose £6-10m (depending on what package they were on, but I'm guessing the cheaper tiers are the most likely to quit completely rather than just downgrade).

They would have to lose 20 million subscribers for it to be mathematically a bad idea.

With that $2 US increase those numbers would be doubled, so they'd have to lose closer to 40m subscribers for them to be worse off.

No the price rises are not percentage based.

opethian · 25 Jul 2022 at 23:43

I'd cancel Netflix but the wife and kids use it.

I got me a 12 month Disney+ sub included with my Tab S8 Ultra.

theone8181 · 26 Jul 2022 at 06:12

andybird123 said:
If they increase prices by £1 (they actually did $2 in the US) they gain £200m+
If they lose 1m customers in the process they lose £6-10m (depending on what package they were on, but I'm guessing the cheaper tiers are the most likely to quit completely rather than just downgrade).

They would have to lose 20 million subscribers for it to be mathematically a bad idea.

With that $2 US increase those numbers would be doubled, so they'd have to lose closer to 40m subscribers for them to be worse off.

No the price rises are not percentage based.

It is the most expensive streaming service now though, it will be the first one that people drop (especially when a lot of the new content seems poor).

andybird123 · 26 Jul 2022 at 06:59

theone8181 said:
It is the most expensive streaming service now though, it will be the first one that people drop (especially when a lot of the new content seems poor).

I'm not really in a position to argue subjectives. I haven't seen anything newsworthy that suggests they've lost 25% of their subs so not really sure what point you're trying to make now.

Personally I've always only subbed for a month at a time when there's enough (e.g. several) seasons on a particular service, currently I'm subbed only to Netflix because it does have content I'm watching. Disney and Amazon I've cancelled as there's nothing new I want right now. I was under the impression a lot of people do it that way. £1 either way is going to make zero difference if you do it that way.

robgmun · 26 Jul 2022 at 07:18

Pigeon_Killer said:
Just watched that video and it's largely garbage.

He gave less than a minute to their competitors and pricing model and instead focused on what appears to be his own agenda which was Blackrock and woke content.

Of all of my friends and family, not one has dropped Netflix for anything other than pricing compared to other streaming platforms.

Woke content is defiantly a factor as I know several people who cancelled because of that reason. Just because you travel in a different circle doesn't mean it's true or makes the other thing unture

Doobedoo · 26 Jul 2022 at 07:59

Surely you just don’t watch the handful of programs that feature ’woke’ content rather than cancel because of it.

AndyCr15 · 26 Jul 2022 at 08:24

Doobedoo said:
Surely you just don’t watch the handful of programs that feature ’woke’ content rather than cancel because of it.

It probably says more about the person cancelling than Netflix tbh...

413x · 26 Jul 2022 at 09:18

theone8181 said:
It is the most expensive streaming service now though, it will be the first one that people drop (especially when a lot of the new content seems poor).

See I think its the best streaming service. Its not the cost that made me drop it. Its that I ran out of content to watch.

I'd probably pay a bit more than the current sub. But same amount per year. I'd pay if content was there.

Think netlifx, if coming fresh from no streaming, is leagues ahead in content vs other streamers for what I like.

robgmun · 26 Jul 2022 at 12:56

Doobedoo said:
Surely you just don’t watch the handful of programs that feature ’woke’ content rather than cancel because of it.

If there's hardly anything else to watch because a majority of it is woke then why keep a service that's hardly used? It's the reason I canceled my TV Licence after they sacked the Top Gear trio. After that it was only the Nature Docs that was worth it and I usually buy them on Blu-Ray or UHD anyway so I just wait to watch them there.

AndyCr15 · 26 Jul 2022 at 21:25

robgmun said:
If there's hardly anything else to watch because a majority of it is woke then why keep a service that's hardly used?

If that was the case, yes, it would then make sense.