• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    Why do I get the feeling that Netflix would be raising prices this year even if the writers and actors strikes had never happened.

    This stinks of the suits using the strike as something to blame the price rise on.

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      Perhaps, and this is very cynical of me, they are thinking, how can we make folks feel bad against the writers and actors?

      1. price hike and people pay for it: They blame the writers and actors for the price hike.
      2. price hike and people do not pay for it and leave, Netflix and people can blame the writers and actors as well. ("see!!! those demands are just not accepted by people!!! ")

      It’s the only reason for the price hike I think.

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        The more obvious reason to me is that they’ve got X subscribers, and they think they can make Y more dollars by raising prices for all of them.

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          I think Netflix would simply see that as a nice extra benefit. But the main reason is to “stick it” to the writers/actors. Without incurring the wrath of customers for the price hike themselves, they will just point their finger…

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      I unsubscribed about a year back. Horrible company. Gonna try curiosity stream or nebula or something instead

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      They’ve got a fantastic catalogue. But I’ve seen those shows. They’ve only got a few things in the hopper on my radar, and I’ll resubscribe when those come out.

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    1 year ago

    This will keep going until they see a significant enough drop in subscribers. Apparently it’s working well for them.

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    How many more shows can they buy the rights for and then do one half-assed season of? Surely they’re running out of ip.

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    1 year ago

    May I stress that Canadians are a terrible testing ground. We are a beaten down nation of gougees, Americans and elsewhere might not be so placid about this. (Did American netflix already crack down on password sharing?)

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    They can only increase it so much. The strike will continue but people tolerance of paying more and more won’t