This is so strange to me. I guess people enjoy being ripped off and getting less and less value for their money.

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    10 months ago

    That proves their recent moves are not perceived by people as unfair, contrary to what “the common web” said

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      10 months ago

      Yeah I guess. It’s very shocking to me, but people have spoken…

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      10 months ago

      I’d agree, though I wonder how much of this is how appealing consumers find the competition? None of them seem to be making major inroads at the moment. The biggest competition is also raising prices, nullifying the competitive penalty Netflix would face from that move.

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        10 months ago

        It just proves that avergae people want their TV and don’t give a fuck about how much it costs.

        My wife is a perfect example: We leached off my mom’s Netflix for years. I don’t really care, we have Plex that I manage and Netflix blows, so it’s all her. Mom ended up cancelling with the latest price hike. Brother and I took bets. My wife lasted 36 hours before making her own account. I lost my bet.

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      10 months ago

      They upset and turned away people who were not willing to pay. Not a big loss. In the meantime they added tons of people who would pay if given a small push.

      I have never really been sure how exactly “the internet” thought they would be punished for this move. It seemed kind of bullet proof to me. Like, sure you’re leaving and never coming back, but you were not really a paying customer and never would be.

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      10 months ago

      Didn’t read the article but I wonder how many people will now sub for a short period and cancel.

      Like say you have a group of 3 and 1 person subbing indefinitely before and now there might be 3 people subbing for 2-3 months each. For a period of a year that’d be 12 months vs about 9 months.

      So right now they might have increased their subs and revenue but it might change over a longer period of time? Or maybe people are just too lazy and will keep their subs. Who knows.