While also raising their rates, of course.
Breaking: Netflix has made another minor change for their subscribers.
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hey, that sludge pipe wasn’t cheap!
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yep, cancelled my subscription the day they announced the two-tier plans.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Netflix subscribers: “I just like to watch shows.”
Gosh, if only there were another service, or another way to do that. Shucks.
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t your library let you borrow DVDs? Seems outdated but I very recently binged three seasons of Succession thanks to my local library!
dth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In my country the library barely exists lmao… sad life.
Enkrod@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Yar-har, fiddle-dee-dee!
_LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
🛥 see you on the high seas
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
I hate these subscriptions everybody and their mom has, but it’s insanely expensive to buy blueray discs these days, it’s easily 30-40 euro per movie f.e.
Nangijala@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
I mean, you can just buy dvds. They are cheap af. If you know where to look you can also find bluray discs for cheap. My boyfriend and I sometimes go to websites for used dvds and blurays and they don’t cost 30 to 40 euros there.
You can also go to the library and borrow dvd and bluray movies. It’s free and you can discover some films you would have otherwise never seen. I do that a lot and my boyfriend and I enjoy this setup. It is a lot cheaper and nicer than having subscriptions to two or three shitty streaming services that are filled with trash and none of them have the movies we want to watch. Fuck that shit. Physical media all the way. It is so easy and cheap to go back to physical if you really want it. It is probably cheaper than subscribing to services where you basically pay for air and own nothing.
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Well DVD’s are yes, but Blu-rays are rare second hand. Heck, they are rare online and in stores, at least in NL and the parts of Europe I can order from.
As far as I know, the libraries here don’t really store a lot of movies and games any more.
These days I just use the arr stack … Doesn’t work for most of my music though.
I hate subscriptions with a passion and only pay for a couple that are needed (domain, website, bitwarden, Proton, etc), but for things like music, physical is way more expensive than Spotify (especially now with the family discount and I get it for free), buying the album of every band I listen to at least one song of. Finding a Green Day CD for a couple euro is possible, but even for things like Kensington it is already quickly 10 euro per album. Heck Discogs even has issues realising that Europe is not a country …
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Is it? I usually see them priced around similar to DVDs, that is like €3 - 15. Though I don’t recall if new. Certainly so for the upper part, I only want to spend like €5 for used ones.
I like Momox for used and Rarewaves for new discs.Well, unless… the price you mentioned seems right for UHD BluRay.
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Well yeah I am probably talking about UHD BlueRay, it has been a bit since I looked that closely to it. I just remember the Back to the future trilogy for 140 euro
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
…what? Have you heard of Goodwill or Value Village?
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Considering I work in the accountancy, yes, I have heard of Goodwill /s.
Considering the closest Goodwill or Value Village is like a 9 hour flight away it doesn’t do me any good.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
So what you’re saying is, Happy Gilmore 2 will not save streaming?
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I thought that was an Amazon bag sitting in the doorway due to the logo/handle similarity.
Godric@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Finally!
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The stuff Netflix puts out, particularly the documentaries are far better quality than just about anything I’ve seen on cable or tv. I know people like to shit on Netflix but they have better content than most
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
They put out a lot of uninspired trash and axe the good shows early, but they do have a couple of truly great shows.
For quality originals though, Apple TV+. Highest ratio of good to bad content I’ve seen. Much smaller volume though.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tbf im not familiar with the Apple+ library since it was that one streaming service too many for me, so I never got it. Netflix is great for true crime documentaries i think
VicVinegar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m watching Poop Cruise
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m hooked on all the true crime ones. Sins of our mother was crazy.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Streaming services are crap. For new years I wanted to give myself streaming for a month and nothing looked good. I didn’t get anything.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That fucking alphabet grid where you try to type search terms with the four arrow keys is what always sends me back to reading books. Like, just doing that with a keyboard-type layout would be way better or even T9 - or maybe they could recycle old used Blackberrys for the purpose.
Opisek@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Recycling? In this economy? Cheaper to cover the planet in e-waste, my friend.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I didn’t watch the sewage pipe much but I kept up my subscription for the next seasons of Corn and Asparagus, but when they raised the price I had to finally cancel.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I seem to be in a minority in thinking I get good value for money from Netflix.
shortypig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I cancelled after I realized I watched 2, maybe 3 shows a year on it. Had it since the pre-streaming days.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Are you living in 2015? Nah, I’m kidding, if it gives you enough, then fine. I just canceled right after the pandemic.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It isn’t a bad value if you watch it regularly.
They do cycle in good movies, but they aren’t always up front and noticeable. Every service has a massive amount of trash and crappy interfaces for discovering stuff.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My wife is in your boat. I’ve tried to convince her many times to cancel but she refuses.
Netflix isn’t terrible. The Titan sub doc was good. Black Mirror, Love/Death/Robots. They have some good shows
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you like their content. For me, it’s like one in 50 items are worth watching, if that. Sorting through the duds costs time and ain’t nobody got time fo dat as far as I am concerned.
Jerb322@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Someone told me they’re funding Sesame Street, is this not true?
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I can’t remember if it was The Goodies it Monty Python that did this exact skit in the 1970s. :)
DampSquid@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I don’t know the Goodies or Python one, but Stewart Lee did it in Comedy Vehicle as well, I think in Series 1?
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Maybe that was the one I was thinking of.
Man, that’s one of the best series ever. The ‘audiences like you killed Robin Williams’, I think in series 4, is one of the most amazing 30 minutes of standup ever.
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not sure I’d call Suits or The Hitlist “septic waste”, but you do you!
Beebabe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I saved up a bunch of shows and waited all year to binge in one month over the summer and cancel.
lmuel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
may I recommend…
✨piracy✨?
Beebabe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I love your recommendation. Unfortunately I am very out of the loop with that sort of thing these days. And I’m without resources if I accidentally break something. I need my desktop for work as well. I’d be happy to read up on the topic if you could suggest some reputable sources that someone without a tech background could break down. It’s why I save it all up until summer. So I pay them as little as possible.
relativestranger@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
sub for a month with a prepaid gift card (so no potential issues cancelling). binge for a week, run out of stuff to watch, the rest of the sub goes unused and wasted. been down that road once every year or two here.