Netflix Nixes Cheapest $9.99 Plan in U.S., Ad-Free Streaming Now Starts at $15.49 Per Month

[sw1tcher]

Leave TV. Go to streaming, they said. There is no ads, they said.

There are no ads though. Unless you intentionally choose the ad support plan.

 

[Nikojas]

Just love all the negative comments over the Netflix costs, but I have no doubt more than a few who are complaining spend that much or more in a a day or two on their coffee shop custom coffee and avocado toast.

What has food prices got to do with streaming prices!?

 

[icanhazmac]

sailing the high seas and usenet is all i need

Ah, Netflix threads, they never fail to bring out the "I don't want to pay for it so I will steal it" crowd.

 

[UltimateSyn]

replaced by what?

Look around… there are at least a dozen competitors and nearly all of them offer a better value proposition.

 

[sw1tcher]

I’m in the US and it’s still offering me the 6.99 with ads plan.

You didn't read the post, did you? 🤣

Netflix killed the $9.99/mo Basic plan, not the $6.99/mo ad supported plan.

 

[diamornte]

Everyone cutting the cord/cable was the worst idea ever. For all the different individual streaming services we pay for, we are paying more now than we did when we paid for cable.

 

[coolfactor]

Yesterday, Netflix was not allowing two streamers at the same time on our account, which is the max allowed. So I checked the account, and couldn't find the "Basic" plan anywhere that we're on. It was very confusing, but this explains it all. That's quite a jump. We moved to Basic to cut our monthly costs, so good thing they are letting us keep the plan.

 

[junkw]

Ah, Netflix threads, they never fail to bring out the "I'm entitled to content created by others for free" crowd.

well, don't produce content then

 

[coolfactor]

This is all par for the long term plan of streaming companies to normalize the idea of having only a "double dip" model where you have only tiers with ads, even when you are paying monthly fees on top of it.

Cable TV was always like that. You paid for the service and had to watch ads.

I'm happy paying a bit more to skip the ads.

 

[coolfactor]

never had netflix, no interest in ever having it. never saw the point in having it

You've missed out. There's some great content on it. Many hidden gems that pop up randomly. Not always new, but doesn't need to be new to be great.

 

[andrewxgx]

I wish the company pain and suffering.

company seems to be doing just fine actually, mostly due to new subscriptions after removing non-family account sharing option.

 

[sw1tcher]

I just HATE this company so much! The only company I hate more is Facebook!

Where was your hate leval at for Apple when they raised their prices?

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[coolfactor]

Netflix: What a greedy company you have become.

Prices are more than reasonable. You can't really complain about that. Netflix back in 2004 was $18/month for 3 movies at a time, by mail. Now, $16/month gets you their entire catalog all at once. It's a massive shift in the price-access balance. We are spoiled these days, truly.

 

[code-m]

Smart move on Netflix's part as the $6.99/mo ad supported plan makes Netflix more profit than the old $9.99/mo Basic no ads plan.

Now, those $9.99/mo subscribers will have to decide to either

(a) pay more for the $15.49/mo no ads plan
(b) downgrade to the $6.99/mo ad supported plan
(c) cancel

Netflix wins with (a) and (b). I'm not expectig too many people will go with (c).

Netflix might see an initial spike in cancellations, but, like those who initially cancelled during the password sharing crackdown, they will return later on.

Just thinking out aloud with those options and calculations that means for new subs with no ads one has to pay $15.49 which was previous $9.99 so presuming the difference is $5.5 between previous and new pricing.

So if the ad supported version is $6.99 and we minus the $5.5 price difference for the new ad free version that means either Netflix cost $1.49 or $4.49 (old pricing of ad free $9.99 minus difference of ad supported version), meaning Netflix makes $5.5 in revenue for every ad supported account. Let me know if I am missing anything as product placement within content would also account towards revenue.

 

[doboy]

Lived a fulfilling life without Netflix for years and years. So much content on the internet that I have no desire to add more by subscribing to Netflix

 

[contacos]

Am I the only one that hasn’t been blocked yet?

I still have my Netflix account from Mexico (I live in Germany) and my father made his tv the „home“ without asking me! But I can still watch fine on Apple TV while my sister (in Mexico) got kicked off the plan

 

[coolfactor]

Just love all the negative comments over the Netflix costs. But I have no doubt more than a few complaining spend that much or more in a day or two on their coffee shop custom coffee and avocado toast.

Yup. #perspective

$16/month for unlimited access to a massive content library.

$16/hour for fancy-coffee enjoyment.

 

[bcollett]

Coming soon… the Ad plan is going up… they’re going to make the price close enough to the Ad-free plan that people think it’s a better value to get the higher plan.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Just love all the negative comments over the Netflix costs. But I have no doubt more than a few complaining spend that much or more in a day or two on their coffee shop custom coffee and avocado toast.

I'm on the cheapest plan for both, you only get half a cup and someone has already half eaten the toast and they make you watch an ad

 

[CWallace]

At some point in the future the ad tier will be $14.99 and the basic plan will start at $19.99. Most will probably opt for the ad tier, and it will end up being just like regular television — full of ads.

I expect in the end Netflix would prefer to follow most providers and have just two plans: one 4K ad-supported and one 4K ad-free. As such, I expect the 1080p ad-free plan will eventually just stop being offered and with this price increase making the 4K plan only "a few dollars more" will likely encourage people who want to remain ad-free to just upgrade.

 

[roncron]

I'm now paying more for all my various subscriptions than I was paying for cable (including premium channels) back in the day.

Most channels have raised their rates in the past year, which really adds up.

Most people have 4K TVs nowadays (thanks, Black Friday!) and it sucks that Netflix charges us an extra $50+ per year for 4K content.

 

[cuiver]

The same "investors" behind financing cable companies are the same behind netflix, so the recipe applied is the same...

 

[Okasian]

Checked out of Netflix almost two years ago due to fiscal concerns. This is the result. You are welcome.

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[topdrawer]

sailing the high seas and usenet is all i need

checking the reacts to find the narcs.

 

[code-m]

Prices are more than reasonable. You can't really complain about that. Netflix back in 2004 was $18/month for 3 movies at a time, by mail. Now, $16/month gets you their entire catalog all at once. It's a massive shift in the price-access balance. We are spoiled these days, truly.

Difference between now and then that have not been factored is shipping and handling with pre-paid returns, logistics, etc.

Presently a customer is paying for the internet service connection, electricity, smart TV/smart box and high speed router.

Previously a customer was paying for DVD player, electricity, time to mail said returns with pre-paid shipping and handling. I would gather that pre-paid was majority part of the price along with admin/logistics.