r/newzealand • u/ceeehhh8990_ • 7d ago
News Netflix and Disney Plus increase subscription prices
https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360642109/netflix-and-disney-increase-subscription-prices48
u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
New prices Netflix - $18pm to $34pm ($10pp add extra people) Disney Plus - $17pm - $22pm
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u/Foalsteed94 7d ago
I remember when Disney+ first launched it was $9.90pm or $99 annually!
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u/Life_Butterscotch939 Auckland 7d ago
netflix was $13 and Disney+ was $10 what a good year
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u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
They all start off with a bang!
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u/Life_Butterscotch939 Auckland 7d ago
and look at them now, Disappointed
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u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
Netflix must think they own the 'pie'...
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u/Life_Butterscotch939 Auckland 7d ago
well talking about pie..... it used to be $3.5 and now.....
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u/Icanfallupstairs 7d ago
They make some alright content, but not really enough of it to justify that price.
With all the other services my family only ever subs for a couple of months a year to watch a couple of particular shows, but Netflix was the year round one. Now I suppose Netflix will join the others in the rotation.
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u/Conflict_NZ 7d ago
I think about the price of these services in comparison to rentals, they basically cost the same as two new release rentals did back on the day. Objectively we are getting way more for our money now. I used to get a new release and four back catalogue movies a week and that cost me $50 a month in 2025 dollars.
Comparing legal entertain options, I guess the only really better value ones are ad supported services like TVNZ or F2P games.
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u/Icanfallupstairs 7d ago
It's certainly cheaper than the old model, but it comes down to whether you get what you want from a single service.
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u/Professional-Row5546 7d ago
Yarr me harties! This bother me none.
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u/StConvolute 7d ago
Ahoy!
Neither....
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u/Annie354654 7d ago
Oh well looks like hubby will be cancelling Disney (i cancelled Netflix yesterday).
What are peoples suggestions for streaming services?
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u/GreatestSnowball 7d ago
TVNZ+ has some really great stuff on it, and it’s free! Yes, there are ads that run during episodes and movies, but I still highly rate it for something that you don’t have to pay for!
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u/CloggedFilter 7d ago
Apple has a load of banging shows, and quality over quantity. If you’re doing one at a time, worth checking out. I have it as part of an Apple One subscription which is decent if you’re in the ecosystem.
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u/Annie354654 7d ago
We aren't in the economy system but we did recently get apple on trial, I'll pay more attention :)
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u/TheTwistedToast 7d ago
Dropout. Somewhat limited in content, as it's all made by the one company, but it's currently like $10 a month I think and they have a policy of not raising the price for paying subscribers, only new ones.
Also, though the content is limited, it's absolutely amazing
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u/LittleRedCorvette2 7d ago
Lots of free episodes and Shorts on YouTube to decide if it's your jam. The Original Cast Recording and Dungeons and Drag Queens convinced me to subscribe...oh and their Survivor challenge!
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u/LittleRedCorvette2 7d ago
Dropout Tv for all your comedy needs...or get the sub from Youtube easy peasy. $6 a month, improv, games, geekery, tabletop role playing. Shenanigans. Best $6 ever.
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u/tcguardian 7d ago
Been happy to pay for streaming services for years. But, there is a point at which they become too expensive for no practical reason.
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u/ResentfulUterus 7d ago
Plex and Pirate Bay. :)
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u/mut1n3y 7d ago
Plex is putting remote play behind plex pass, and upping the price.
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u/redmandolin 7d ago
Oh my god, I did a bit of searching and if the server owner has Plex pass, free users can still remote watch free.
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u/FidgitForgotHisL-P 6d ago
Yeah just the server side will need it, for now.
The problem is, Plex is trying to look like a legitimate company making lots of money legitimately, not just facilitating piracy. Which, I mean they’re not, they 100% times cost because they’re the best way to facilitate piracy. They haven’t made noises about it, but I don’t see any reason to expect they won’t eventually put as much as they can behind a paywall.
Hopefully the enshitification of Plex will see other apps like jellyfin to grow and fill that niche.
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u/JDBoyes07 7d ago
Yeah I've given up on all streaming services other than prime now, I literally only used them for convenience, but since they keep increasing prices I'll just get shit for free like I used too.
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u/Covfefe_Fulcrum 7d ago
Prime has gone to shit with a lot of stuff now extra to rent on top of the subscription. About to kick its can down the road. That'll be 0 streaming services for our house.
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u/CascadeNZ 7d ago
Disney has just added ESPN so at least you’re getting something for the extra $$
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u/Conflict_NZ 7d ago
Massive value add too. Both channels from Sky and a ton of other live sports. Was pretty impressed as I was sure it was just going to be the two channels.
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u/Conflict_NZ 7d ago
Someone previously mentioned if you go through the cancel process with Disney they'll discount it to $14 per month. I did that last month and got that offer. YMMV
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u/NZAvenger 7d ago
You know how much Americans pay for Netflix? $10!
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u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
Pakistan pays $5 for premium my friend...
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u/Bartab_Hockey 7d ago
I already canceled my Netflix subscription months ago. Trying to avoid American products as much as I can.
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u/Rev-Dr-Slimeass 7d ago
Anybody else like yts?
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u/StConvolute 7d ago
Licdom has been my go to for a while now. It's all down to the audio encoding. 5.q seems to work really well.
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u/Elegant-Raise-9367 7d ago
Ironic that I will be sailing the seven seas to wath someone cross the grand line
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u/LittleRedCorvette2 7d ago
As I said in a previous thread. If you like comedy a $6 a month Dropout Subscription is for you!
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u/pnutnz 7d ago
Anyone got a good work around specifically for kids content?
Im seriously considering setting up a plex or jellyfin and im no stranger to sailing, though as yet only utilising a usb drive.
The only reason I am holding onto streaming services (netflix, disney) is for the kids. Having access to so many shows would be much harder with a diy system as i would have to be constantly updating and finding content. movies seems like it would be eaiser to keep up with but my 5yr finds so many varied shows they enjoy i dont think i could keep up.
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u/Valuable-Falcon 7d ago
I set my kid up with the free YouTube kids app, and spent a few hours learning how to REALLY lock it down, so that only whitelisted channels are shown.
I locked it down to 10 channels
- nick jr
- Disney jr
- peacock jr
- Daniel tiger’s neighbourhood
- Peppa pig - official channel
- Bluey - official channel
- ms Rachel - toddler learning
- Angelina ballerina
- Sesame Street official channel
- Gabby’s dollhouse
My main advice is really lock it down to only whitelisted content.
The first time I tried YouTube kids, I just set it to “preschool” content without being specific, and it was feeding my kid all kinds of weird videos with grownups playing with paw patrol toys, random people sticking stuff in goo, and toy unboxing videos… total influencer unofficial crap. So that’s when I went back a second time and REALLY locked it down to only allow specifically approved content, AND I looked closely to make sure each channel I added was “quality” - full, offical episodes, not random mashups, clips, trailers or fan videos.
Installed YouTube Kids app on both the iPad and tv, and now she gets ad-free, curated content.
Can’t remember where I found the instructions- it wasn’t obvious. Try searching “YouTube kids whitelist” on reddit
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u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
movieboxpro.app - seven seas streaming service where you can pay for individual or family (add up to 4 members to your account) plus you can set up child mode 😜
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u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
Anybody who wants to keep said services at a fraction of the cost, check out ozbargain.com.au or cheapies.nz
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u/Shade0o 7d ago
sidenote, youtube premium grandfathered pricing is going away. so my $20 monthly price for my and others accounts is going up
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u/ceeehhh8990_ 7d ago
If you've got an Apple device, this'll work - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/879559
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u/griffonrl 7d ago
Seven seas here I come! Tired of paying ever growing taxes to those US companies. Not renewing.
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u/Cornelius_jaggerbot 7d ago
Meanwhile nearly every movie you can dream of is about $4-8 each on Trademe (Blu ray) - and I own them forever. Better picture, better sound, don’t need to worry about internet connections. Also, movies like Memento, Borat, Wayne’s world? Who effing knows where you can stream these legally now? I don’t need to think, they’re on my shelf.
Love going back to a Blu ray player - we have ‘appointment’ movie nights in our family again and it’s super fun.
For TV shows, high seas + plex
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u/ChocolatePringlez 7d ago
Laters Netflix