• GreenBottles
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    1 year ago

    it’s amazing that they think people are going to continue to pay them at these prices for no content

    • @TwilightVulpine
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      331 year ago

      Some people seem to believe the customers are suckers who will eternally take the price hikes, but even the most gullible fool still doesn’t have infinite money. At some point they’ll have to cut something or the bank will cut it for them.

      Well, back to the seas it seems. It was fun while it lasted. One might as well pay for a VPN instead.

      • @jimbolauski
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        101 year ago

        I’m sure they did the math they’ve calculated that the increases will offset the loss is subscribers. From the article it looked like the royalties will increase so less subscribers paying more is even more profitable.

        • @TwilightVulpine
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          51 year ago

          It wouldn’t be the first time companies precisely calculate next quarter earnings and fail to account for the long term survival of their business.

        • @assassin_aragorn
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          11 year ago

          Honestly I’m beginning to think it’s a myth that they “did the math” with how many have made bad decisions.

          • @jimbolauski
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            11 year ago

            Their last price hike they lost 3-5% of their subscribers, the 30% price hike made up for it.

      • @deafboy
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        The customers are suckers who will take a lot. Look up skylink satellite tv provider, and their “always free” tier that’s currently 6,90€ a month.

        They gave it for free just around the time analog tv was being decomissioned. And after they’ve captured the large userbase, who couldn’t switch back, they pulled the trigger.

        • @jantin
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          31 year ago

          Huge +1 for Mullvad for their pricing model. 5€/month regardless of “plan” and you can buy as many or as few months as you like. I never feel chained to Mullvad, never worried about subscription running out or getting charged at random moments. Pay 5€, watch whatever you want on the foreign tv websites, forget about vpn for the next 3 months.

    • @chiliedogg
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      211 year ago

      Every time Netflix changes anything, people freak out and say they’re gonna lose all their subscribers.

      And every time, Netflix makes more money than before, because they have awesome data analysis and have a very good idea of how many subscribers will leave and how much more money they’ll make from the remainder.

      I remember when they lost like 4% of their subscribers a few years back and everyone was all doom and gloom, but they’d raised their rates like 15%

      • Polar
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        171 year ago

        Exactly. No one I know cancelled. They just had to buy separate accounts while complaining.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          I’m the only person I know who cancelled. Like you said everyone else just complains about it.

      • @tahoe
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        101 year ago

        Yeah, this is exactly like the Reddit and Twitter situation. No matter how bad it gets, people don’t care. If they’re used to something, they’ll rather put up with the new bad stuff than changing their habits.

    • @Son_of_dad
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      1 year ago

      I keep hearing people say this no content thing. Meanwhile I just went through Castlevania, one piece, sweet tooth and Kingdom this past week and there’s like 30 shows and movies on my cue

      • @Gabu
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        1 year ago

        You enjoyed the garbage fire that was Castlevania? Don’t get me wrong, the first season was good enough, but then the writing quickly devolved into a 10 year-old’s edgy fanfic, and the animation quality dropped off a cliff.

        If only Konami gave the green light to a japanese studio like Madhouse.

        • @Son_of_dad
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          21 year ago

          Lol if it’s not a 10/10 it’s “a garbage fire” to you guys. Not everything needs to be a masterpiece

          • @Gabu
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            -41 year ago

            When you have one of the best franchises in the world to draw your story from, it better be 10/10, yes