Comment on How Streaming Destroyed TV

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yup, that’s why I subscribed to Netflix. I refused to get a TV sub because of all the stupid ads. Netflix offered enough of a selection and had no ads. I cancelled my Disney+ sub because I wasn’t willing to pay the increased “no ads” price, and I’m trying to convince my wife to drop Netflix because of the increased “no ads” price.

  Ads can suck on a fat one, I’m going back to buying physical media.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wasn’t willing to pay the increased “no ads” price, and I’m trying to convince my wife to drop Netflix because of the increased “no ads” price.

    So the pricing is killing them (for you) not the ads.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So the pricing is killing them (for you) not the ads.

      No, the fact that they totally went back on their whole shtick (ad-free streaming) made me want to drop their service. If they didn’t have an ad-supported tier and increased the price, I’d probably still be with them. But since they have an ad-supported tier, and I know a thing or two about ad-revenue, I know they’re making far less through ads than the difference between the ad-supported and ad-free tiers, so they’re just fleecing me because they can.

      If it was merely price, I would’ve left long ago. It’s the slap in the face and the apparent push toward ad-supported viewing that alienated me. I’d honestly prefer to pay more for a service that refuses to use advertising at all and has worse selection. I pay for Tuta, which is a worse experience in almost every way vs gmail precisely because it doesn’t harvest my data. If I was more concerned w/ price, I’d still be with gmail. Netflix showing ads means they have an incentive to sell my personal data, and I want nothing to do with it.

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      • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the fact that they totally went back on their whole shtick (ad-free streaming) made me want to drop their service.

        But…they didn’t. They still have ad-free streaming.

        If it was merely price, I would’ve left long ago

        So…you don’t have a problem with the price, you’re just mad that they offer an ad-supported tier for other people?

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• terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  arstechnica.com/…/netflix-is-kicking-us-subscribe…

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did you actually read that?

    This will make the cheapest commercial-free Netflix plan $15.49/month in the US.

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