Netflix here we go again.

Perhaps we will one day rise against these corporate animals in a global cancellation protest. Maybe the French can lead it. They seem to be at the forefront of middle fingerism to the man usually? :)
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
I'm going to go against the trend here but its still incredible value for money.

I can only think the people complaining aren't old enough to remember having to go to a video store, pay what would be in todays money about £5-6 for a film for one night.
You would then need to drop it back the next day.
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We are cancelling.

Its not because of the price rise. It's because content has massively gone downhill. Too many shows I've watched have been ruined for what feels like no reason.

Brings to an end 8 years of unbroken membership.

If they are going for live sport this is only going to get more expensive and I'll be less interested.
 
I don't get why the scale of the increase is relevant either.

I mean your a consumer with the ability to choose what you spend your money on, or not.
Don't think its value for money, cancel, think its still value for money, carry on.

To be brutally honest it was clearly only so cheap historically to ensure they killed off as much competition as possible.
If Netflix had been £30 a month from the start I bet the likes of Blockbuster would have survived a hell of a lot longer.
 
Jono8 said:
Indeed..and as i put it in my earlier post, it is the scale of the rises.

Its like Broadband. NOWTV decided to put mine up 13% last year. Was inflation 13% in the year running up to that? The **** it was. They are all just taking the **** to pad corporate/shareholder profits and stupid executive/CEO salaries.
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RPI peaked north of 11%. Arent those contracts RPI + a percentage?
 
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Oh well, looks like I finally get my way and we are cancelling Netflix. For the past few month's, probably longer, the content has been garbage. We have watched the shows we were interested in and the stuff they are replacing it with is just poor quality rubbish. Wifey was happy to pay the monthly fee even though we hardly ever watch anything now but after seeing it's going up to £12.99 a month she has finally caved in. If anything does go on there that we are interested in we can re-subscribe for a month at a time. Just Prime left now and that isn't going anywhere mainly for the free next day delivery.
 
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Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
I don't get why the scale of the increase is relevant either.

I mean your a consumer with the ability to choose what you spend your money on, or not.
Don't think its value for money, cancel, think its still value for money, carry on.

To be brutally honest it was clearly only so cheap historically to ensure they killed off as much competition as possible.
If Netflix had been £30 a month from the start I bet the likes of Blockbuster would have survived a hell of a lot longer.
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I really miss the days of the online Blockbuster and Lovefilm rentals, the latter eaten up by Amazon, we have Cinema Paradisio still but they jack the prices up as and when as well as they are the only competition.
 
hillbilly2 said:
We canceled with them the other day, been on Netflix since 2017. Giving Apple tv a shot.
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Try get a free trial, normally loads of trials around, EE mobile normally have a 3/6 month free trial, Curry's superstore has a perks newsletter that also normally has Apple free trials as well as Sony Playstation.
 
I will also be doing the "that show looks good, let's subscribe for a month".

I'm sure this will stop at some point and you'll have to take out a contract for a year or something.

Wonder if this is the charging limit being hit. Or if the majority will keep on paying.
 
Irish_Tom said:
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.
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If it helps Squid Game S2 was actually split to cover S3 too. Not finished the last few episodes yet, or several other Korean series, as I watch with my daughter and she is a bit flighty with viewing at the mo.

I would cancel but my wife is consumer of so much 'content' on there and my son watches movies on rotation with Amazon and D+. Use Amazon a lot for deliveries and D+ comes out of our Clubcard vouchers.
 
413x said:
I will also be doing the "that show looks good, let's subscribe for a month".

I'm sure this will stop at some point and you'll have to take out a contract for a year or something.

Wonder if this is the charging limit being hit. Or if the majority will keep on paying.
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I hope not, but then when you see the likes of Now TV having the option of minimum term packages at a cheaper monthly price, it sure is a possibility, in fact I wouldn't mind that same approach if the subscriber still had the option of a monthly sub at standard price or a minimum term at a discounted price.
 
beachBOYken said:
I hope not, but then when you see the likes of Now TV having the option of minimum term packages at a cheaper monthly price, it sure is a possibility, in fact I wouldn't mind that same approach if the subscriber still had the option of a monthly sub at standard price or a minimum term at a discounted price.
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I'm surprised it's not arrived already. Pop the price up. But then offer 12 months at the original.
So many places do it.

If the rumours about TV licence being added to streaming come true.. All bets are off. I suspect that would lead to mass cancellation
 
Zatoichi.uK said:
I seem to remember a Blockbuster VHS rental being £6.95 ish probably mid to late 90s. Around £12 in today's money. Makes sub services seem kind of reasonable.
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Physical product, commercial property rents, staff costs, utility costs, distribution, etc etc etc.

It just doesn't make sense that streaming costs as much as it does.

I would like new tier based on how much you use the service - say, a cheaper tier for up to 40 hours of content per month, then up to 100, then an unlimited. Thing is, that helps the consumer, not the business.
 
Fubsy said:
Physical product, commercial property rents, staff costs, utility costs, distribution, etc etc etc.

It just doesn't make sense that streaming costs as much as it does.

I would like new tier based on how much you use the service - say, a cheaper tier for up to 40 hours of content per month, then up to 100, then an unlimited. Thing is, that helps the consumer, not the business.
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Oh yeah I get it. From a consumer perspective it's just the same end result. Plus you don't have to rewind it and drive it back again.
 
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