Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan

Shit like this is why I don't feel bad at all for pirating.

They raise their rates by 65% so they can continue to pay Hollywood actors to make crappy forgettable movies for the service

Netflix has no way to continue growing aside from increasing prices. That is a bad sign. They will just keep squeezing people. Your best bet is to stop subscribing.

Summary:

• Netflix is discontinuing its cheapest ad-free subscription tier, starting with the UK and Canada, with more countries expected to follow.
• Netflix has begun notifying users about the last day they can access the service on the Basic plan, prompting them to upgrade to the Standard with ads or more expensive Standard/Premium plans.
• In Canada:
  • Original Basic plan price: $9.99/month
  • New Standard plan price: $16.49/month
  • New Standard with ads price: $5.99/month
  • Increase from Basic to Standard: $6.50/month (65% increase)
• In the UK:
  • Original Basic plan price: £7.99/month
  • New Standard with ads price: £4.99/month
  • New Standard plan price: £10.99/month
  • Increase from Basic to Standard: £3.00/month (37.5% increase)
• The Basic plan ($11.99/month) is no longer available for new US subscribers.
• Netflix's ad-supported tier now has 40 million global monthly active users, up from 35 million a year ago.

Netflix removing subscribers. What is their plan, zero subscribers?

Is it opposite day?

remember when the adfree plan for netflix was 8.99?

My biggest beef is that the ad plans also limit your downloads. I use that feature a ton.

So now I just pirate everything.

I joined the Plex server plan, it's better and works everywhere and I don't get price increases or ads

Is it that the decade of 0% interest rates and angel funding for startups lulled us into unrealistically thinking we could get unlimited everything for 9.99 per month, or is it that companies are suddenly starting to rip off people?

As an end consumer it's impossible to gauge what is a proper price for entertainment.

Also, on the "standard with ads" tier, they've removed the ability to chromecast.

Not sure if it'd work on Netflix but my wife were pleasantly surprised to A&E and History apps on our apple tv suddenly forgetting how to do ads after I set up adguard home with a few extra filter lists...I did have to ok a few things the list blocked. But the apps work and seem to be adless, at least for now.

Good thing I already like digitizing my media for Plex

We now have a collection of maybe 400 DVDs (not pirated, legally purchased). Sure, everything we watch is reruns, but there are no commercials.

Cable is dead! Long live Cable!

/s

If that happens,i'll trakt + jellyfin the hell out of all their shitty shows. Just for kicks.

40 months of PIA is $80. So for $2 a month, you can have it all with no ads and no region locking.

The peasants will pay... Sad reality.

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