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Netflix raises monthly prices on all of its US plans; here's how much you'll pay
Your Netflix subscription is about to get pricier.
The popular streaming service announced that it will raise prices across its U.S. plans for new subscribers on Tuesday, and for existing users over the next three months.
Netflix's most popular plan, previously $10.99 a month for two HD streams, will rise to $12.99. The cheapest $7.99 non-HD plan will now be $8.99, while the premium option that allowed four simultaneous streams in 4K will rise to $15.99 per month from $13.99.
Netflix is raising the rates to fund its push into original programming. It was reported by The Economist last year that the company was spending between $12 billion and $13 billion on original programming in 2018, releasing popular films such as "Bird Box" and "Roma" as well as new seasons of TV shows like "13 Reasons Why," "Orange is the New Black" and "Marvel's Daredevil."
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(Score: 2) by AssCork on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:38PM (8 children)
Seriously, if they want to keep squeezing cash outta my wallet, I better see less "Y7" and more "NC-17" content. If the sequel to BirdBox doesn't have full-on B-List celebrities portraying a zombie-orgy falling into meat-grinders, I'm headed right back to the 'Bay.
Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.
(Score: 2) by Apparition on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:09PM (4 children)
Funny, I'm the opposite. I don't watch any television rated TV-MA, and I watch very few "R" rated films. Even then, I read up on interesting-looking "R" rated films on a couple of different websites such as imdb.com and commonsensemedia.org before I watch them. I dropped my Netflix subscription a couple of years ago because I saw the writing on the wall in regards to Netflix losing their non-original content, and their live action original content is almost entirely rated TV-MA or "R."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @02:29AM (1 child)
Fucking prudes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @11:12AM
At least they do have a piece of the fuck.
Now, about those incels
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday January 17 2019, @03:18AM (1 child)
One of the things I dislike the most about the Netflix default browse is the inability to control the filtering. I don't mind R movies, but there are times when I'd like to exclude them from the selections presented (without having to go full on animated crap kids movies...)
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @06:42AM
That's one of the problems with Netflix's dominant position: they don't seem to feel the need to improve basic search, instead relying on ineffective "big data" algorithms. In this respect, I hope Disney's streaming offering will finally push Netflix to better themselves.
As for the price increase, I may just drop 4K from my account to make up the difference since not many shows seem to be in 4K anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @01:28AM (1 child)
Why pay for such things? Just go with the free stuff (NSFW):
https://motherless.com/ [motherless.com]
https://www.pornhub.com/ [pornhub.com]
https://www.xvideos.com/ [xvideos.com]
And many others.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @11:48AM
http://redtube.com [redtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @01:09PM
They won't branch out to porn
Redtube and co already have that covered.