So I just had an email from Netflix informing me my sub is rising to $21.99
I was fine with $16 but it’s certainly getting up there and on the verge of losing a lot of content that I like...
What do you think the upper limit for subs should be ?
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The upper limit is what you can afford, and what it is worth to you.
Personally, I ditched Netflix when GST was added. It wasn't the 15% that did it, but it did cause me to re-evaluate my usage and realise I wasn't watching enough to justify the cost.
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
What is in this plan? 4K, multiple devices? Anything you can cut/don't need?
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Yeah it's not really worth it anymore the selection available to NZ on Netflix is extremely limited, we have canceled ours, might look into getting Hulu US.
lNomNoml:
Yeah it's not really worth it anymore the selection available to NZ on Netflix is extremely limited, we have canceled ours, might look into getting Hulu US.
"Extremely limited"? Holy... It's like an avalanche of new content every day!
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freitasm:
lNomNoml:
Yeah it's not really worth it anymore the selection available to NZ on Netflix is extremely limited, we have canceled ours, might look into getting Hulu US.
"Extremely limited"? Holy... It's like an avalanche of new content every day!
Yeah, the sheer volume and range of content on Netflix are such that there's always something there to watch - it's more a matter of finding the time to do so, or spending the time to find the content.
As for cost: the mid-tier plan that has gone up to $17 a month. That's 56c a day. Not even the cost of one flat white per week.
At this price it surprises me the number of people who share accounts or elect to drop Netflix altogether.
freitasm:
lNomNoml:
Yeah it's not really worth it anymore the selection available to NZ on Netflix is extremely limited, we have canceled ours, might look into getting Hulu US.
"Extremely limited"? Holy... It's like an avalanche of new content every day!
A lot of it is rubbish that has really low IMDB ratings. I started to watch a newly released one, about an Inn in New Zealand. It almost seemed to be an advertorial for NZ, and the story was so far fetched and formulaic and the acting so terrible I had to switch it off. I htink I pay $10 a month for it with spark as part of the entertainment plan but am considering cancelling it. TVNZ ondemand seems to have better content, the only problem is the adverts and the unreliability of the platform.
Maybe share your account/plan with someone to make your cost cheaper
I often find this topic comical - no offense to those who feel like they are paying too much, but I look at things this way:
Some people buy drugs
Some people buy lots of alcohol (I'm not 100% sober but I definitely don't buy a box/bottle a week)
Some people pay for a SKY sport package
Some people smoke and/or vape
Some people go buy lots of shoes and clothes all the time
My unwinding time is TV/streaming. $20 odd a month is really nothing (though I'm just on the Spark Unplan Entertainment plan so don't notice really). Remember a few years back when it was $7 or $9 to rent a DVD overnight?
For people to flip the lid over a $5 increase a month I'm kind of wondering why you even had it in the first place
Im not exactly flipping my lid over the price increase just yet
I pay for the premium package for the 4k content and multiple screens so my family can watch whatever wherever.
I am interested to see if $21 per month is value for money i guess. We will be subbing to Disney, Prime, spark sport for the soccer season and Netflix and dropping Sky so the cost is still overall cheaper than my previous sky subs were but once you pass over the $20 per month level i would like to see something of value and with them losing a large amount of content over the next couple of months they are going to have to pick it up in content for me to keep paying out.
You are correct however its relatively cheap considering what we pay for beer/coffee/lunches etc so its not a major just yet but continuous increases will reach a point where i say yeah nah..for me its dependent on content. When i stop finding stuff i want to watch then i will stop paying aka Sky...
snnet:I often find this topic comical - no offense to those who feel like they are paying too much, but I look at things this way:
Some people buy drugs
Some people buy lots of alcohol (I'm not 100% sober but I definitely don't buy a box/bottle a week)
Some people pay for a SKY sport package
Some people smoke and/or vape
Some people go buy lots of shoes and clothes all the time
My unwinding time is TV/streaming. $20 odd a month is really nothing (though I'm just on the Spark Unplan Entertainment plan so don't notice really). Remember a few years back when it was $7 or $9 to rent a DVD overnight?
For people to flip the lid over a $5 increase a month I'm kind of wondering why you even had it in the first place
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
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