• EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    2 years ago

    The executives write, “As we invest in and improve Netflix, we’ll occasionally ask our members to pay a little extra to reflect those improvements.” Netflix raised the prices of its Basic and Premium plans last year.

    Earlier today, Netflix made the surprise announcement that it struck a 10-year deal to air the WWE’s Monday Night Raw. The $5 billion deal will bring the live weekly show to streaming after over three decades of airing on linear television.

    What if I don’t give a duck you just spent $5B on content I don’t care about? Don’t ask me to increase my fees.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      Such corpo speak: “we’ll occasionally ask”…

      Will you ever occasionally lower your rates back down? If not, that’s not " occasionally asking" your beloved members for something. That’s just raising your rates because you think you can.

  • BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    2 years ago

    I was fine paying for streaming services. Now gone back to piracy again. It’s just more convenient and better quality.

  • sp451@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    I’m in Europe and Netflix just cancelled my account. They finally thought that it’s not okay for me to have a Turkish subscription and only watching from countries outside of Turkiye. Oh well, saving $6/month for the premium plan, getting the stuff I want to watch from the interwebs and maybe do some crazy shit like reading a book. I’m now waiting for the basic plans to be phased out everywhere. Curious to see if this is a clever move