Netflix price increase

[Clone]

Netflix price jumps are here to crush your Thanksgiving and Christmas cheer

Happy holidays, your Netflix subscription will soon cost you more, the company seemingly told users over the weekend.

Netflix revealed in October prices were going up for its streaming video service. The timing of the price hike depended on individuals' billing cycles. Unfortunately for many loyal subscribers, that lined up nicely with the holidays.

The service issues a warning individually to users via email and on the app at least 30 days ahead of time. For users who pay the 25th of every month, that meant finding out about it on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend and being charged the new price on Christmas this year.

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Subscribers in the U.S. who pay for the standard $9.99 service will be charged $10.99. The price of the premium tier (ultra HD and 4 screens at the same time) will rise from $11.99 to $13.99. The price for the basic $7.99 plan remains unchanged. So that's about a $1 or $2 difference, at most.

For some subscribers, the cost increase and decision to keep streaming was no question:

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With the price hike, hopefully subscribers will have their expectations met and see more quality shows, including original series.

Netflix originally planned to spend $6 billion on projects in 2018 but has since bumped that estimation to closer to $7 billion.

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I heard a sarcastic "thank you" announcement on the radio on my way back from the gym this morning and thought they were just trolling, imagine my surprise when I saw a legit article. An one dollar increase doesn't really affect me much but it makes me wonder how much internet companies had to do with this price increase.

[Doranian123]

Netflix needs better shows before they do this

[Antiganon]

http://mashable.com/2017/11/26/netfl...se-holiday.amp
I heard a sarcastic "thank you" announcement on the radio on my way back from the gym this morning and thought they were just trolling, imagine my surprise when I saw a legit article. An one dollar increase doesn't really affect me much but it makes me wonder how much internet companies had to do with this price increase.

Your linked tweets in the quote are broken, excepting the first one.

On-Topic: Netflix offers supreme value at it's current pricepoint, and is still better bang-for-your-buck than most other similar offerings at the new prices.

[Sky High]

$2 increase? I think I'll be fine.

[Sparklelord]

Netflix needs better shows before they do this

Maybe you just need better tastes

[Svad1287]

How much is the price for Netflix in the US?

[IIamaKing]

Surprised they dont just bump it to 14.99 straight away.

[Rend Blackhand]

I wouldn’t mind the increase if they UK choice of stuff wasn’t so shit

[Jtbrig7390]

With netflix doing more originals and ISP's being dicks I'm not surprised.

I get more then my money's worth from netflix so paying $11-$12 a month is fine (Got the standard HD bundle).

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

http://mashable.com/2017/11/26/netfl...se-holiday.amp
I heard a sarcastic "thank you" announcement on the radio on my way back from the gym this morning and thought they were just trolling, imagine my surprise when I saw a legit article. An one dollar increase doesn't really affect me much but it makes me wonder how much internet companies had to do with this price increase.

Probably not much at all really. They told us last month prices were going to go up. It's got more to do with them wanting to expand their lineup of original series and movies.

[oplawlz]

Pound for pound there still isn't a better entertainment value in the U.S. I'm not going to bitch.

[Gloriandus]

Even if they doubled the price, it's a tremendous value to me due to shows like all the Star Trek series, and I wouldn't balk at paying it.

[Deleted]

Well considering Netflix UK is absolutely shite and the only good things are a handful of Amazon exclusives this seems suicidal.

[Clone]

Your linked tweets in the quote are broken, excepting the first one.

On-Topic: Netflix offers supreme value at it's current pricepoint, and is still better bang-for-your-buck than most other similar offerings at the new prices.

I know, I will fix it when I get home. It's a bitch to do on the phone.

[Gloriandus]

I wouldn’t mind the increase if they UK choice of stuff wasn’t so shit

I recall that last year, the BBC said they were working on a Netflix-style service for their entire catalog, which I'm still waiting for.

[Karlz0rz]

Holy shit, a WHOLE FUCKING ONE DOLLAR increase? That's it, I can't afford gifts for anyone this year!11

[Jotaux]

They need the money to pay off the ISPs.

[Queen of Hamsters]

People are pretty fucking pathetic if this "crushes their Christmas cheer" or whatever else has been said...

[kail]

Still vastly cheaper than the inferior cable TV options.

[AeneasBK]

Netflix is disgustingly cheap for what it provides.