Netflix here we go again.

[413x]

If they get F1 (which is being rumoured), I'm happy to pay an extra quid or two a month.

However, I expect they'll probably have some premium tier ******** tied to it , or some extra add on making it prohibitively expensive like it is on SKY.

Yeah if they got f1 I wouldn't mind paying either.

 

[413x]

I just received the email with the price hike to £12.99 for 'standard' and immediately cancelled my plan.

We've had Netflix for about 8 years constantly. But content last year has been poor.
Many shows are cancelled or second seasons are poor.

Arcane got worse.
Dragon prince went from 10/10 to 1/10
Sandman has been cancelled
Shadow and bone declined and cancelled.

Will talk to gf about cancelling tonight if she wants to.

Think we are getting to max prices that streamers can offer with such fragmentation of the market.

How many are there now?
Netflix
Apple
Amazon
Disney
Hbo
Paramount
Etc etc

Netflix, despite being biggest (I think) is probably most vulnerable as it doesn't really have any other areas it operates in vs Amazon and Apple.

 

[Begbie]

Lunacy. There's no other way to describe paying to watch ads.

Doesn't sky have ads and people have paid for that for years before netflix.

 

[Irish_Tom]

We've had Netflix for about 8 years constantly. But content last year has been poor.
Many shows are cancelled or second seasons are poor.

Agreed.

Squid Game season 2 had a very disappointing ending — no spoilers, but it felt more like a mid-season cliffhanger rather than the actual end to the season. I'm not sure if it was caught in the writers' strike or if it was a commercial decision to stretch what should have been one season into two, but it's frustrating having to wait until the summer for a resolution.

We enjoyed Wednesday (we only just finished it, so we're a bit late to the party), and Griselda was great, but there definitely doesn't seem to be the depth, quantity and quality of Netflix from a few years ago.

 

[Mekrel]

That's the issue with capitalism in its current form. There always has to be growth, and profits must always go up.

Unfortunately, that isn't sustainable.

The problem I have with this viewpoint is, if you don't think revenue and profit growth should be the expectation, do you also have the expectation that your pension pot doesn't grow? Ultimately your pension is invested for a return because there's growth required to pay that investment back with return on top.

 

[413x]

Agreed.

Squid Game season 2 had a very disappointing ending — no spoilers, but it felt more like a mid-season cliffhanger rather than the actual end to the season. I'm not sure if it was caught in the writers' strike or if it was a commercial decision to stretch what should have been one season into two, but it's frustrating having to wait until the summer for a resolution.

We enjoyed Wednesday (we only just finished it, so we're a bit late to the party), and Griselda was great, but there definitely doesn't seem to be the depth, quantity and quality of Netflix from a few years ago.

Is a shame.
As said, I'm happy to pay about 20 a month. And if the streamers were rolled into 1 subscription I'd pay that.

You'd also have more cash per production with fewer streamers.

This splitting of the pie is hurting content. And it's just going to fuel piracy.


The poor recent content and trend for good shows to change their formula for subsequent series is separate to the cost issue.

But it all points to a decline in quality content and having to pay more for it

 

[bliss]

We binned Netflix over 2 years ago. I genuinely don't know how people stomach these increases for nothing. The last time Netflix was good value was when the top tier was around £12-13.