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At some point Amzn, ATT, Apple, Disney, Hulu, etc etc will all do the same.
Making it just as expensive as cable TV
Thereby making this whole cut the cord, streaming a pointless exercise.
Your comment assumes only streaming services will go up in price. The reality is both cable and streaming services will increase prices over time. That means cable will most likely always be more expensive than the streaming services. Furthermore with streaming services users can cut out some of the vendors when they are not actively watching their content, while cable TV requires paying for the whole bundle or nothing at all.
i look at what i pay in $ for hours of of entertainment received.
so me paying $ 2.50 per week for many hours of entertainment is a ridiculously good price.
i look at what i pay in $ for hours of of entertainment received.
so me paying $ 2.50 per week for many hours of entertainment is a ridiculously good price.
I think I may consider switching to HBO Max. It’s cheaper and I wont get charged tax. And I think I underestimated just how good the content is on HBO Max. It might actually be superior to Netflix!
I think I may consider switching to HBO Max. It’s cheaper and I wont get charged tax. And I think I underestimated just how good the content is on HBO Max. It might actually be superior to Netflix!
When I had both I watched much more on HBO than Netflix. I only got addicted to Stranger Things on Netflix but there are numerous HBO shows I was hooked on. Plus good movies, newer movies.
My issue is less with them raising prices and more with them trying to come up with ways to prevent password sharing from different locations.
Many, many people I know only have Netflix subscriptions because they share it with family living in different households. If they had to pay an additional amount per profile outside of their immediate household, many would cancel Netflix completely. I think this move will backfire on Netflix.
My issue is less with them raising prices and more with them trying to come up with ways to prevent password sharing from different locations.
Many, many people I know only have Netflix subscriptions because they share it with family living in different households. If they had to pay an additional amount per profile outside of their immediate household, many would cancel Netflix completely. I think this move will backfire on Netflix.
Netflix has been raising prices more frequently than any other streaming service and they have becoming THE most expensive on demand streaming service out there. In fact, HBO Max has always been more expensive but thanks to Netflix’s frequent price increases, they have now surpassed HBO. And STILL they are the #1 subscribed streaming service. Case in point… Netflix can do whatever the they want whenever they want and they will not lose subscribers! People love Netflix and will cling onto them!
Netflix has been raising prices more frequently than any other streaming service and they have becoming THE most expensive on demand streaming service out there. In fact, HBO Max has always been more expensive but thanks to Netflix’s frequent price increases, they have now surpassed HBO. And STILL they are the #1 subscribed streaming service. Case in point… Netflix can do whatever the they want whenever they want and they will not lose subscribers! People love Netflix and will cling onto them!
I think this may be a game changer, though, depending on how it is enforced. I think a big reason why Netflix is number one is because they offer so much more than services like HBO Max in terms of content, both original and otherwise.
But I wonder if people would truly stay with the company if having to pay for profiles outside of their residence (e.g. for family members living elsewhere) slowly creeps up and makes their monthly Netflix bill be closer to a monthly cable subscription Granted, this wouldn't be the case for everyone, but I'm very interested to see how the pilot for this in the three countries planned goes.
I told my husband about the slight price increase and when we signed in to Netflix, it made us accept the changes, except that it gave us the option to choose among the 3 levels of pricing and we decided we only needed the 1 viewer option which is only $9.99. That's more in line with the other streaming services we pay. We never have 2 TV's or other devices going at the same time so it works for us.
His brother on the other hand shares his Netflix with his entire family - I'm guessing this is going to force his adult kids to get their own log in or forego it altogether. It will be interesting to see what they do.
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Granted, this wouldn't be the case for everyone, but I'm very interested to see how the pilot for this in the three countries planned goes.
