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posted by takyon on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the check-your-credit-card-statement dept.

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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:45PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:45PM (#787627)

    No regrets.

    I can't wait till the general population starts realizing the privacy invasions that come with online services and we revert back to the 90s when the internet was not a requirement to use your computer.

    Culture should not be algorithmically driven.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Apparition on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:04PM (2 children)

    by Apparition (6835) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:04PM (#787639) Journal

    I can't wait till the general population starts realizing the privacy invasions that come with online services and we revert back to the 90s when the internet was not a requirement to use your computer.

    Good luck with that.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @02:08AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @02:08AM (#787705)

      Might take a while but people are catching on. more likely we will just get better privacy laws.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @02:40AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @02:40AM (#787727)

        The question to ask is "why would be getting better privacy laws?". Why would we? Who is demanding it? The people aren't clamoring to loudly, and interests opposed are flush with cash to "speak" to congress.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @01:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17 2019, @01:11PM (#787876)

    we revert back to the 90s when the internet was not a requirement to use your video game console.

    FTFY

  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Thursday January 17 2019, @04:37PM

    by richtopia (3160) on Thursday January 17 2019, @04:37PM (#787924) Homepage Journal

    here's how much you'll pay

    $0.

    Same for me, no price increase here!