Netflix will implement the change in Canada and the U.K. in the second quarter of the year before “taking it from there,” the letter said.
The company did not specify when (or whether) the change would impact U.S. subscribers.
…And the enshittification era of streaming services continues.
In theory, that would be the time for someone to step up and make their own streaming service with blackjack and hookers, but no ads.
that theory doesn’t really work here, because you don’t have what they have.
if someone makes bread, you can also start making bread and people don’t care, it is still a bread.
if someone has and sells game of thrones, you can’t just make your own game of thrones with blackjack and hookers. you can make something similar, but it is not going to be the same and some people will still want to see game of thrones, which is why the market is so fragmented.
And now Prime is doing the same, and Disney wants to tackle password sharing. If everyone had just cancelled Netflix when they started this shit we’d be paying $5 per month and we’d be sharing passwords on all of our streaming services.
I canceled my Prime subscription when they announced they were going to put ads in prime video. I don’t even use Prime Video. It’s the principle.
And Netflix would still be unprofitable
Not surprised really. Netflix was part of my cellphone plan, when I switched plans, I just couldn’t rationalize it anymore. I remember as a young working teenager loving how I could just mail those DVDs back and forth. I’ve never not had a Netflix since they first launched. Feels odd really, but ultimately I just can’t abide their shenanigans.
I’m angry about this…because I can’t cancel my Netflix again.
Joke’s on them, I already retired it in my house.
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Setup a jellyfin server for me, friend and family and I haven’t look back.
Same, invested in a nice QNAP NAS and I haven’t thought about a single streaming service in years
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Netflix users in some countries will soon have to pay more to watch TV and movies without advertisements.
In a shareholder letter from Tuesday, the streaming service said it’s looking to “retire” its cheapest ad-free plan in “some of our ads countries.”
Netflix will implement the change in Canada and the U.K. in the second quarter of the year before “taking it from there,” the letter said.
Last year, Netflix stopped allowing new and returning subscribers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada to select its basic plan.
American subscribers who were grandfathered into Netflix’s basic plan saw a price hike last year after Netflix raised that plan’s price from $9.99 to $11.99 a month.
The video streaming service also started a crackdown on password sharing last year.
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Why is Canada anyways first in line to get assf***Ed?!
I’m in the US and I only have Standard as an option in my account. Is that the same as Basic or did they get rid of it here already?
That’s okay, I already canceled my Netflix like a year ago.
