They planned it this way. Netflix admitted it at the demo to ad sales execs. They deliberately priced streaming low and ran off investor funds because they new they’d get valuable information for ads since streaming is much more monitoring than broadcast.

I cut the cord when netflix was just mail order CDs. The moment they started their bullshit with password sharing, I canceled my sub and never went back. Hulu got the axe too. If you live long enough, you either die a hero, or become the villain. Nextflix decided to become the villain.

I’m a Luddite

I’m still absolutely unaware of what the “fediverse” is, or how lemmy works

I took two months to figure out how to Chromecast to a TV when something changed and I couldn’t follow basic instructions from Google

And yet, even I am able to easily find sites to watch the shit I want to that requires paying shitty 'Murican companies (mostly I enjoy SBS and ABC stuff, because I live in Australia and they have wonderful offerings for all who live here for free)

Subscriptions?
I only pay for prescriptions.

The difference between owning the means of production and being gifted a bribe to establishing a new customer base.

Hey now, back when they cancelled sharing I cancelled my Netflix, and eeeeeveryone else said they were going to as well. Mines still cancelled, apparently others buckled? That’s on them.

If you have a VPN then change to a cheap country and get cheaper services.

Everyone in 2027:

Pay? Lol.

Fmhy

I mean… it’s entertainment. It’s not like they are offering some basic utilities. Buy it if you think it’s worth it, don’t buy it if you don’t. Plenty of cheap alternatives on TV or in a library. I really don’t remember Netflix of Apple promising to entertain everyone as cheaply as possible. They were always there to make money.

Refuse to pay. If we all just refused to pay, they would have to change.

But too many people don’t care, so I guess we’ll all just suffer.

Worse than that, since they killed the sharing off now a Netflix account isn’t your account, it’s an account you buy for one “household” location using one internet connection.

If you try to sign in to netflix on hotel tvs it won’t let you, because that isn’t part of your “household.” If you have multiple internet connections in your house you can have that same issue inside your own home, because Netflix will decide the internet connection you use most is your “household” connection and the other one doesn’t count as being in your “household” even if it’s in the next room.

If you travel a lot or have an atypical internet setup in your own house Netflix will deny you access and tell you to buy a subscription for that location.