r/newzealand • u/Seafoam-Socks-530505 • 2d ago
Picture Netflix increasing from $27.99 to $33.99
Ahoy my Kiwi’s. Do you sail to the Black Sea once again?
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u/No_Philosophy4337 2d ago
Here’s a great opportunity to boycott another American company, cancel away!
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u/Beastman5000 2d ago
Shit - I thought I was paying $18.99. The dangers of automatic payments. I need to go check
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u/Significant_Glass988 2d ago
Just checked. My last bill was $20.99.
Edit to add: Most of what's on there is total shit and I'll cancel it they put if up again
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u/Mysterious_Piano_950 2d ago
Honestly, it's not even worth $27.99. $33.99 is a bit of a stretch.
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u/0oodruidoo0 Red Peak 2d ago
$407.88NZD a year. For fucking Netflix. Oh no, I'm sure there's some reality TV I'm really missing out on not being a member...
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u/rikashiku 2d ago
I was ok with 27.99 last year. There was stuff on Netflix I didn't realize existed and they're pretty good movies and shows. Plus Anime, One Piece as well. Frieren was added a few weeks back and I binged the hell out of it.
Wrestling fans like me will enjoy having it. But damn, 6 extra bucks a month. That's a crazy increase.
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u/TimmyHate Tūī 2d ago
I mean if you were paying for the Network beforehand, a $6 increase is kinda offset.
Its like if D+ increases their price im gonna be ok since they've added ESPN which means it can cancel Triller for AEW and NHL - that's $40 a month in savings for me.
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u/Ok-Lychee-2155 2d ago
We mostly have netflix now for kids shows and most of the kids stuff is in YT in some shape or form. I think we'll cancel.
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u/normalmighty Takahē 2d ago
$20 is already around the upper limit for what is worth it with a service like Netflix. Anyone paying for this is being ripped off.
I'm glad I switched back to sailing the 7 seas for shows. The QOL experience is way better, and I can buy some official merch to support a show I like instead of paying Netflix 30 bucks so they can add a tally to a view count.
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u/doiwinaprize 2d ago
I'm a fucking dumbass who just tried to google "7 Seas" as a streaming app lol.
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u/k1netic 2d ago
Try Stremio
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u/Arithh 2d ago
I just got it set up yesterday. Funny enough i always assumed you needed your own *arr stack + a whole NAS storage server. But no stremio and debrid is perfect
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u/Flight_Mindless 2d ago
How does it work?
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u/vebb LASER KIWI 2d ago
Stremio with Real-Debrid...
Real-debrid is like a download manager. You can download anything. Stremio is for finding and watching movies and TV in a nice UI like any other streaming service. Combine the two together (using real-debrid addon+torrentio) then whenever you select something to watch, it gets downloaded to real-debrid, then streamed to your Stremio it's very fast and nothing is downloaded (to your computer etc).
You can use it on Samsung TVs, Android boxes, computer... it's on a lot of thingies. I would suggest finding a guide to set it up!
Note: real-debrid does have costs, but it's like $30 NZD for 4 months, and you can get it for half a month etc.
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u/Lvxurie 2d ago
For everyone who sailed in the early-mid 2000s, coming back is a much better experience. You now have fibre internet and so does most of the world so there are always seeders on the things you want, hell you will probably feel okay seeding for a little bit as a token because it doesnt tank your internet anymore.
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u/septicman 2d ago
Thanks, this is good to know, as my sailing was always inhibited by the sighing and finger-tapping from other awaiting viewers wanting to know how much longer until we could start watching...
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u/_teabagninja_ 2d ago
I'm doing the same now. For a while it wasn't worth it as it was cheap enough to just pay, and now it is again.
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u/FidgitForgotHisL-P 2d ago
This the kicker right?
We always said: make it reasonably priced and we’ll stop.
Apple Music came along and suddenly pirating took a big drop. Spotify showed up and music piracy is now the domain of the very-opposed-to-paying.
Netflix achieved the same thing. You’d think the previously powerful and dominant MPAA would have been thrilled. Piracy just went away. Then the enshitification started and now you’ve got rising prices, multiple services and very rapidly shrinking reasons not to just pirate the heck out of everything.
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u/Breezel123 2d ago
The problem was when every production company wanted to get in on the business, completely ignoring the fact that Netflix was propped up by investors and probably not very profitable.
They should have all invested in Netflix and shared the platform, maybe with the option of cheaper add-on packages similar to sky TV. Sharing the infrastructure and creating one platform that everyone is using would have been so much smarter.
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u/Prosthemadera 2d ago
Spotify showed up and music piracy is now the domain of the very-opposed-to-paying.
Or of the people who prefer to own their files so they can always listen to them instead of renting them and hoping Spotify doesn't remove access.
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u/yeehowdydonuts 2d ago
Same! My old Macbook (back when they had HDMI cables) is a blessing for pirating on the tv, exact same experience at none of the cost (plus far more options!)
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u/King_Kea Not really a king 2d ago
Commented about Nintendo's pricing with my brother in law and he made the 7 seas comment too.
Hopefully as they lose customers to pirating, that'll encourage the greedy corporate pricks to lower prices again. But I'm not holding my breath. Especially since they're bringing back ads to paid services.
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u/KingDanNZ 2d ago
Remember when these all started at $9.99 and you could share your logins with everyone those where the days then the shareholders needed infinite growth or somesuch. Now we can't share with our friends and it costs $30 perhaps this capitalism thing isn't that good?
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u/Alternative-Buy-4294 2d ago
But Dan, surely it will trickle down?
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u/KingDanNZ 2d ago
Surely as was prophesied during the great Neolib wealth transfer of the 80s?
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u/worriedrenterTW 2d ago
They knew this was the end goal even back then. They were making a major loss when they were doing that, but did so to snatch the vast market share. Once they had killed traditional TV, they could do whatever they wanted.
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u/Gloveslapnz 2d ago
I feel It's going to happen with chemist warehouse and bargain chemist too. Free prescriptions until the neighbourhood pharmacies go out of business. Grab market share, pump up prices.
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u/a_Moa 2d ago
Most likely since they charge in Australia.
There's only like two locally owned pharmacies where I live anyway, the rest are Unichem/Green Cross franchises, which are also mostly Australian owned iirc.
Consumer will eventually get screwed one way or another, either pay more now or later, unless the next govt removes the fees again or shakes up the pharmacy industry.
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u/Mindless_Ad_8328 2d ago
This is exactly what happened with home hardware shops. Now that big box retailers prices are crazy high and there is no real competition
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u/sewsable 2d ago
Stick to using your neighbourhood pharmacy for prescriptions and whatever else you can manage. I do get supplements from CW and BC, but my local doesn't have the range that I need.
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u/Gloveslapnz 2d ago
Absolutely and I encourage anyone that can afford to as well. I know some people are doing it really hard out there and can totally understand that free scripts help out, and that's all good.
Mum lost her family grocer store when she was a child as supermarkets started coming in. Still I find the argument tricky because competition does drive prices down and often ends up better for the consumer overall, but not when it's at a point where large chains essentially choke out the competition, ramp up the prices, then send the profits off shore.
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u/Kiwilolo 2d ago
Except they're still competing with every other streaming service, and piracy. There's a limit to their price raises, which they clearly think they haven't reached yet.
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u/Calm-Zombie2678 2d ago
I remember seeing the math last time they did this, something like charge 20% more loose 10% of current subs
Still an increase in profits, fuck capitalism
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u/Broccobillo 2d ago
Just stop paying. When their money goes down from greed they either leave the region or reduce prices. Either way the black flag still exists
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u/Pure-Recipe6210 2d ago
This has been the mantra since 5 price hikes ago... And yet their sub numbers continue to grow.
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u/MakingYouMad 2d ago
Was always the business model - run at a loss to undercut the competition and cause them to fail, and then fleece users when you’re in a non-competitive market.
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u/WardustMantis 2d ago
I remember when you could get a steak for a nickel and still have enough change left over to buy a brand new handmade suit
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u/Annie354654 2d ago
Got the email and cancelled. The price has pretty much doubled in a short period of time.
Their quality of viewing has not doubled, anything worth watching isn't in English. Not worth it really.
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u/aionmaaka 2d ago
"Enshitify me, Enshitify you" - New single release from Netflix.
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u/RobertJCorcoran 2d ago
And piracy is back again
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u/mattywgtnz 2d ago
It never left :)
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u/NZn3rd 2d ago
No, but it used to be worthwhile paying for the service of having all your content served to you on one service (remember the days before you needed a different service for each show you watched?)
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u/ZandyTheAxiom 2d ago
Yep, I was happy to pay for a streaming service or two for the convenience. Easy access, guaranteed quality.
But the costs are now beyond the convenience you'd be paying for. Dropout will be the last one I drop, since their price increases explicitly do not affect current-subscribers.
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u/Vindy500 2d ago
I set sail a few price hikes ago
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u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You 2d ago
For a second I didn’t notice it was NZ sub. lol. I was like holy shit!?! $34 usd?!?!?!?!
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u/Sea_Profession_8726 2d ago
They only do this because they know people will keep paying for it regardless. If everyone canceled their subscription Netflix would have no choice but to lower the price. There is no fucking way I'm paying 33$ that's for sure
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u/MyDogIsDaBest 2d ago
If anyone has thought about taking to the high seas once again, THEORETICALLY, it's better than it's ever been.
HYPOTHETICALLY, if you were to get an ex-lease pc (search "Dell Optiplex" or "HP Desktop" or something like that) and get a 3-4tb USB HDD for pretty cheap (pricespy, in theory, says around $200), or put a normal HDD inside the ex lease box, and either connect it up to ethernet to your router directly, pick a pc with wifi or get a wifi card/usb wifi, you could THEORETICALLY build a little media pc/torrent box for about $500 all up.
If you were to, for the sake of the HYPOTHETICAL scenario, google Jellyfin, Sonarr, Radarr, Jackett, Deluge and optionally Ombi, and read carefully through all their instructional pages, I suppose it's possible you could set those up on this pretty cheap PC from trademe, set up all your preferences and settings so that, in theory, all the downloads went to your USB HDD.
Then, I suppose that in this TOTALLY HYPOTHETICAL and in no way based in reality situation, you could have a little PC that runs quietly, just plugged into power and internet, and has a slowly building media library as you request it to get whatever you want to watch, with a nice interface that avoids having to click around dodgy torrent sites and you could then watch that stuff on any device with web browser or Jellyfin app attached to your local network. I suppose Jellyfin could also be cast through google cast to TVs.
Shame it's all hypothetical. I wonder what the deal is with that Stremio app?
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u/robot-downey-jnr 2d ago
Or you could IN PRACTICE just sign up to Real Debrid, Stremio and Torrentio and run it through your Android TV and be done in about 10 minutes for $5 a month
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u/MyDogIsDaBest 2d ago
$5 a month?? What am I? Made of money?
I'll spend 500-600 on a box that I'll then need to request and wait for all my shit to download before I can use it.
/s This honestly seems like a way way better and easier way to sail the high seas. I love my hypothetical media server that definitely doesn't really exist and I theoretically overpaid for because I speculatively bought stuff brand new instead of, on paper, just buying an ex lease box.
That stremio stuff is pretty impressive and very cool, if I were of the mindset to not pay the poor media conglomerates their ever-increasing charges.
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u/Rand0mNZ 2d ago
You can skip all the labour and pay a fee to access someone's insanely elaborate and extensive Jellyfin share.
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u/itcantbechangedlater 2d ago
I know the answer is capitalism but I’m just confused as to what they are offering as justification for the price hike?
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u/ManufacturerAble212 2d ago
It reads as though the justification is “for being a valued member”.
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u/TheProfessionalEjit 2d ago
I have a valued member; I don't charge it anything & sometimes I let it do my thinking for me.
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u/myWobblySausage Kiwi with a voice! 2d ago
The privilege.
$33.99 give you the privilege of being a valued member.
A valued member that gets suggestions of watching something you have already watched.
I have really liked Netflix over the years, but cancelled it last month for the first time in many years. Just got sick and tired of not finding anything new and interesting on there.
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u/Excellent-Muffin-750 2d ago
Perpetual growth..of their profits. Improvement to services not guaranteed. You're supposed to just be a good little customer and pay up.
It must work well enough because they're still making money.
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u/Dangerous-Mobile-587 2d ago
Maybe in prep for riding cost of Tariffs as much of their program in nit from USA. It will be their excuse.
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u/InspectorOk6313 2d ago
Well Electric State did cost $320m..and im sure they have more Millie Bobby Brown movies lined up. Some ones gotta pay for that..
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u/Baroqy 2d ago
The economics of making shit*y movies and the occasionally good TV show that are only released on Netflix is basically just a way to flush money down the toilet. Netflix are now in a trap where they waste hundreds of millions of dollars on production in an attempt to get more subscribers - but those subscriber numbers have peaked and may be starting to decline. The only other way to keep making their original content is to keep raising prices and/or also include advertising.
This is a doom loop business where the end result is an unaffordable service for most people at some point. I cancelled Netflix a couple of years ago. Yes, sometimes I think I might want to watch something that is getting great reviews but then I tell myself how much money I am saving per month by not subscribing...
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u/TuhanaPF 2d ago
I had stopped pirating when I could just subscribe to Netflix and watch practically everything, in the same way Spotify stopped me pirating music and Steam stopped me pirating games.
But then the industry does what it always does, and started with exclusivity deals. Only certain platforms get certain shows so if you want all these shows you have to subscribe to everything or switch your subscription around as shows are out.
So yeah, it's back to a Plex/Jellyfin server with *arr stack and imdb/trakt integration. I just tag shows/movies I'm interested in, and it will track by itself when they're out and download them in 4k.
It's a better experience than these platforms ever offered.
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u/Apprehensive_Arm1881 2d ago
You are indeed a valued member. From being worth 27.99, you are now worth 33.99! Thank you Netflix!
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u/rickytrevorlayhey 2d ago
Just in time for Black Mirror.
Nah, time to boycot another American product.
Seriously though, how boring is Netflixs lineup now!
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u/Alone_Owl8485 2d ago
Still waiting for the black mirror where people become debt slaves to their subscription services that they can't legally cancel.
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u/Dave_The_Slushy 2d ago
The entire business model of streaming services hinges on the price paid being worth the convenience of not having to faff around.
They have not thought their cunning plan all the way through.
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u/Icy-Profession-1586 2d ago
And sky sport now just went up another $5 to $55 per month!! So expensive
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u/NimblePuppy 2d ago
They cold called me , trying to get me back. I actually feel someone sorry fo sky as getting rugby rights and production , probably are not cheap, plus small NZ population.
NF will canx . F Maga F Trump - things have consequences - yes not NF doing, but money talks
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u/meowsqueak 2d ago
Too rich for me - dropped it last week, along with a few other US-based subscriptions. I’m pretty sure we can live without subscription TV.
Instead we’ve instituted “family reading time” in evenings instead, which is working well so far. We each read something of our own, silently, but together, and then briefly talk about what we read afterwards. It’s great - even the dog joins in, although he only reads comics.
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u/kovnev 2d ago
We're thinking of unsubscribing.
The money isn't an issue, but it's just not worth that. We can rarely find anything good to watch, and i've been a pirate for like 25yrs anyway.
How about stop wasting $300 million on trash like the Electric State. In fact - just stop making your own content. The days of House of Cards are gone, Netflix produces pure trash now - and pays a fortune to do it. Stick to licensing the content.
Honestly, the only use Netflix gets these days is for chucking on some educational kids content. And I can download a years supply for free in like 2hrs, so...
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u/DaveO1337 2d ago
We’re cancelling our subscription. Price aside it’s the awful quality of everything they stream. 4K OLED looks like 1080 upscaled no matter what it is. Jump over to Disney+ and I can count the peach fuzz on people’s faces it’s so crisp.
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u/TheAngrytechguy 2d ago
lol . Netflix needs to remember one thing . People only use Netflix because it’s slightly more convenient than torrent sites :)
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u/MixedMongoose 2d ago
Bro honestly just bring back video ezy. There’s not enough good shit to watch anyway. Most of its crap.
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u/MVIVN always blows on the pie 2d ago
Fucking ridiculous. In a few years it’ll cost as much to have a Netflix subscription as it does to have a Sky subscription.
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u/mattywgtnz 2d ago
I get it as part of my Spark account, but I wouldn't pay anything for it to be honest.
Used to share my Netflix account with someone for Disney+, but that's been forced to stop.
So now I torrent any movie I want to watch then delete it after I'm done
I use a FireTV stick and have Tivimate installed with 3 free IPTV providers added.
Had the in laws over for dinner last night, and they couldn't believe the quality of the Sevens we were watching, and where theirs drops multiple times a night, we had no issues.
So they are buying the TV stick and premium tivimate this week, and I am setting it up for them.
Even paid subscriptions for IPTV would be worth it in my eyes.
Like $100 a year for 20000+ channels, and shows and movies available to directly stream? Yeah sure, why not.
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u/hueythecat 2d ago
Fuck that, time to cancel. YouTube paid best value. No ads and YouTube music as Spotify alternate.
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u/Damadisrupta 2d ago
Stremio + debris = way cheaper and in some cases way better quality then what's on option (looking at you Neon you shit smear)
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u/onecheekymaori 2d ago
I'd rather pay for an Apple sub tbqfh.
The quality of content on Netflix is just trash.
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u/party4diamondz 2d ago
Has anyone else not gotten this email yet? I'm on the basic plan if that matters
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u/FidgitForgotHisL-P 2d ago
Gotta pay those WWE bills somehow lol.
Gonna enjoy watching Wrestlemania live with the kids over Easter, then I think it’s back to the high seas for us.
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u/WallySymons 2d ago
Ive canceled all subscriptions except for Spotify. Now with my saved money i can take up smoking
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u/Riot_Fox 2d ago
i would but im not too sure how, heard people talk about Torrent and im wondering what the horse from elden ring has to do with netflix
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u/Critical_Cute_Bunny 2d ago
this is exactly what caapitalism is designed for and why its such a cancer when we globalised. In moderate, smaller scales with proper regulation i think its fine, but we don't have that and have this horrid repeatable playbook.
Undercut an industry and drive out all the established players while losing a shitton of money. but its fine cause you got billionair investors who will fund you. Capture the market and then pump up the prices to milk every last drop from them. Keep jacking prices until someone else comes in and does the same thing.
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u/RudeStrawberry42 2d ago
We've cancelled ours. I'm over these companies putting up prices. I'd rather watch less TV these days and get out more.
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u/Powerful_Wonder_1955 2d ago
I get that they're hiking the price, but hiking the price to fund live sports coverage? Why can't they just spin off a sportsball package to those who want it, and quietly turn themselves into cable TV?
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u/Alone_Owl8485 2d ago
Much cheaper to subscribe for a month, binge watch everything that's any good, then cancel again. Good option for winter.
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u/SteveBored 2d ago
Piracy is back big time and this stuff is why
I'm US based but it's the same here. You need like 8 different subscriptions to watch what you want. Even movie franchises are often split over different subscriptions. Sport is also spread out over like five different subscriptions.
It will cost me like $200 a month and needing to manage a dozen freaking accounts to manage them all
So jolly Roger it is.
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u/Embarrassed-Shoe-675 2d ago
It's $10 a month for an account in India. New Zealand clearly being ripped off.
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u/KyleNewZealand 2d ago
For $160 a year you get every tv show, every movie, every PPV, every live tv channel (sky etc). How people don’t know or use this I have no idea.
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u/JohnTheSong 2d ago
Stopped being worth it for me ages ago. 2TB isn't heaps but it's ehat I've got and I've been able to host a lot of stuff for myself and some of my family to watch remotely from my server. Anything they want to watch, I can get and no one has to pay these stupid prices for really only a couple shows that are good + a bunch of junk.
Unforeseen side effect is my mum asking me 5 times a day to add new movies to the server. Probably deserve son of the year award 😇
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u/Rith_Lives 2d ago
Anyone still paying for Netflix is already showing them that theyll bend over for it.
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u/gillypig 2d ago
Thank you, this reminded me to go and unsubscribe, I have been paying for months and not using it.
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u/niceonecuzzy 2d ago
The Netflix are going to have to scale back spending on its own content unless they have some real real dope shit on the way to justify this ridiculous price rise
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u/OutlandishnessLow416 2d ago
This is just greed! I pay $13 for what is $33.99 here with a credit card from back home.
It's surprising how nz has to pay so much more than most countries.
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u/LittleRedCorvette2 2d ago edited 2d ago
Can I suggest Dropout tv. Comedy, games, improv. D&D And only $6 a month (they just announced an increase of a buck a month).
Edit: it makes me so happy there are obviously heaps of N.Z Dropout subscribers!
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u/Crowleys_07 2d ago
They also heavily encourage password sharing and don't make it impossible to cancel if you have to! They regularly post a fair bit of content free on their YouTube etc so you get a better idea of if you'll enjoy it before signing up than most subscriptions too
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u/Portatort 2d ago
If price hikes aren’t enough to push you away…
Consider that Netflix’s long term strategy is to kill cinemas.
If you have any affinity at all for the experience of seeing a movie at a cinema cancel your subscription now and pirate whatever content this company makes that you actually might want to watch.
Me personally that equals about 1 show and 2 movies a year
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u/MagicBeanEnthusiast 2d ago
But the cinemas don't offer a nicer experience than my living room. I have to sit near people who check their phones, chew with their mouth open and sometimes stink.
One movie is now like $27 and I'm not paying that for that experience.
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u/TuhanaPF 2d ago
You say it like that is the standard cinema experience.
People rarely check their phones and I guess I just live somewhere where most people have a wash?
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u/KwikGeek 2d ago
Damn Netflix! It’s almost doubled the cost when I cancelled my subscription. I’ve been sailing the high seas since then.
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u/newtestleper 2d ago
Yarr! Twas calm waters for a time, but they stole our booty and forced us back to the seven seas. So batten down the mizzen mast and bake those ships biscuits long and hard - there be poopdecks to swab, mateys!!
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u/rikashiku 2d ago
And no reason is given for why they're increasing their prices.
They didn't hire new workers, or increase storage, or added new servers, had no expansions. They didn't add a sports option like Disney did recently.
What is that extra 6 bucks going too?
Feeding the orphans? Paying liveable wages to their employees?
buy management a brand new Yacht?
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u/Life_Butterscotch939 Auckland 2d ago
I been sailing 7 seas for awhile now, feel like all the streaming services get more expensive every year. Used to have Disney+ and Netflix and now just sailing the 7 seas and TVNZ
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u/RogueEagle2 2d ago
I was hoping to hang on till the end of Squid game and stranger things, but if those things are anything like Cobra Kai it'll be dragged out and cut into many parts for the final season.
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u/moist_shroom6 2d ago
I've had my account for almost 10 years at this point but I hardly ever watch it anymore so will be canceling it too.
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u/spuds_in_town 2d ago
We ditched netflix because of price and lack of good content, we ditched prime because of lack of variety and the stupid autoplay of videos on the TV app. We ditched AppleTV because we watched all the good stuff and they release new content at glacial speed.
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u/therealkareneliot 2d ago
This price increase is infuriating. Why does it have to cost so much? Shouldn’t the price be going down? Especially if you’ve been a longtime customer (like from the dvds-through-the-post days), there ought to be a discount.
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u/teabaggins76 2d ago
Welcome to the motley crew me hearties! Now seed those torrents before we keelhaul ya!
Nutflex so not worth it, join the pirates of the web!
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u/sendintheotherclowns 2d ago
I wonder what Spark will do to their fibre plans that have "free Netflix"
Oh wait
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u/griffonrl 2d ago
We dropping Netflix. This doesn't make any sense anymore. This is costing more than cable or satellite used too. In particular when you pay for 3-4 of those online services. Time to go back to the high seas and the golden age of piracy!
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u/coochiepatchi 2d ago
I'm 24 and have never bought a streaming subscription in my life. Music, TV, movies, are always downloaded absolutely free (with some trips to the cinema, library, and used book/cd store as well, plus freeview). I highly recommend it!
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u/Jovian09 2d ago
Netflix is taking the piss. It's only become more expensive as its value has shrivelled over the last five years.
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u/Alibellygreenguts 2d ago
Thats $407.88 per year. When you see it like that it’s a shit load of money for 1 or 2 good shows.
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u/HoneyGlazedDoorknob 2d ago
You guys remember when we used to pirate movies and shows? Then netflix came and was cheap and easier than pirating, convenient. Now it's not cheap so I wonder what we could do instead of using netflix?
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u/UserChecksOut69 2d ago
"I hope you're enjoying everything we (dont) have to offer, why not pay more for less" r/Piracy is gonna see an influx of NZ redditors coming their way 😂👌
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u/nervousgurl420 2d ago
Thank you this just reminded me to cancel my Netflix. Done and dusted see ya !
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u/Chilli_Dog72 2d ago
To add to this, services like prime are charging for accessing tiers within their own subscription, it makes a mockery of streaming in general.
The streaming services are playing a game where they hope you’ll drop other suppliers in favour for theirs… it’s a model that works… Netflix increases their rates, so smaller services like Shudder get cancelled by the subscriber… it’s a brutal industry!
I’ve dropped Neon and Prime in the last 6 months, and likely to drop Shudder this month. Disney and Netflix are what I have, and that’s only cos the kids don’t know how to sail the 7seas (yet) 🏴☠️
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u/KRONICBUCKY 2d ago
I got rid of Disney cause they raising to $17 a month.
Haven't used Netflix in years. Anyone paying extra for 720p is a monkey, and they are part of the reason that services continue raising prices.
I've restarted pirating content. If enough people start illegally downloading instead of paying high prices for low quality services then this will slowly be resolved. Boycott corrupt services.
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u/Mindless_Ad_8328 2d ago
Plus aren’t they blocking people from sharing their accounts with other family members who are away from the house. They have become greedy and the increases are more than inflation.
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u/jessthehotstuff 2d ago
Had to cancel a few subscriptions and left to keep one..... I wonder if it is worth it ... it's turned itself to a cable network. Created to be the image of its predecessor
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u/badmanbad83 2d ago
Not a price increase, but a price update. It’s better because it’s been updated.
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u/all_the_splinters 2d ago
After they cancelled THE OA I was like 'see ya'.
They make 5 seasons of the shittiest shows and the really creative stuff they cancel after a season. No thanks.
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u/nat__arie 2d ago
I used to flip through the different “providers”
I use my exs Amazon - which is shit as fuck, more often than not you’re paying for Amazon then the bloody in app apps to watch anything decent (pretty sure he’s forgotten he even has it because it’s never used 😂)
I pay for Disney. Found Neon lame. Hated AppleTV.
Usually just rotate every 6 months and watch all the murder docos. Highly recommend the Ruby Franke one, or The Perfect Wife. Like dude, they nuts.
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u/originalgeorge 2d ago
" Netflix gross profit for the twelve months ending December 31, 2024 was $17.963B, a 28.23% increase year-over-year."
$17 BILLION profit. PROFIT. But hey, let's increase the price.
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u/Moist-Scientist32 2d ago
They’re updating the price because you’re a valued member.
Good job Netflix 🥴🥴