"Netflix plans to go bankrupt by increasing the price on its bunch of garbage that everyone's tired of"
FTFY...
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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Everybody said that when they cracked down on password sharing.
Overall subscriptions went up.
Primarily in regions where subscription price was lower, though.
Their revenue didn’t really go up much compared to the number of new subscribers they showed off to investors afterwards
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NFLX/netflix/revenue
normies got caught off guard and used their free trial to finish a show they where watching. oh look subs went up.
Except for the live action adaptation of One Piece.
I would cancel in disgust, but I already did that the last time they raised prices.
Like Reddit, I ditched Netflix as well. Loyalties' strength isn't what it used to be. Got a VPN, now I watch whatever I want. Thanks greedy companies, for helping me wise up.
Any tips on getting a VPN up for streaming? I ditched Netflix also and would love advice.
I got Mullivad, and just download what I want to watch.
Seconding Mullvad VPN. Barebones in terms of features and GUI, but it's the only VPN I actually trust for privacy. No emails or passwords needed to sign up, and you can pay in Monero
How does a VPN help you steam sans Netflix? You're using other streaming services and get access to more content from other countries?
I think they're referring to sites like 123movies and the like, which are usually blocked by most ISPs
are they? my ISP doesn't block sites like that... Is this a DNS thing?
Could be a US thing. There are certain sites for ripping youtube videos (etc) that aren’t accessible from here due to piracy laws and you have to VPN into Asia etc to have access.
I do not stream, I download.
The user is advocating for piracy. Just so everybody's clear on how they replaced their Netflix subscription with a VPN.
Piracy? I didn't see any talk of ships or swords or parrots or peg-legs. I think he's just talking about downloading and probably copyright infringement, but nothing a pirate would do.
This is a tactic to make people dislike unions...
Why?
Considering all their reality bs they don't pay anything for writers and not much more for actors.
excellent, means I’m saving even more money by still not subscribing
This isn’t great. With all the cracking down on password sharing, less (quality) content due to every studio wanting their own streaming service the user experience is getting increasingly shitty. I think it’s a matter of time before a lot of people get their old pirate hats out of storage.
I'm already sailing the seas!
We always knew they wouldn’t give up their profits, so they’re just passing off the expense to us.
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Jokes on them, I canceled last year!
The pirate hat sits well upon my head.
Hopefully people smarten up and cancel this time.
Good luck with that. I have a list of shows I follow, and there used to be some 15 titles from Netflix, now I’m down to 6.
Sex education and cobra Kai finish this year. That’s 4.
Stranger things in ~~2053~~2025. That’s 3.
I’m left with two Korean shows, woo lawyer and squid game, whenever they come, and Wednesday, which I’m a lot less passionate for than many.
If they spent less money on productions and put more of that money into writing maybe they’d produce less shit and they wouldn’t need to hike prices. Frankly, they are quickly becoming the least attractive streaming service. I’d say amazon prime video, but I get that as a bonus with prime.
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