Netflix price hike

[thunderbolt]

11 bucks now? Sorry, its not worth that at all. Cancelled today. The really lame part is they billed me and notified me of the price hike right after billing so I a, locked in for a month.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I saw a little notice when I logged in a few weeks ago.

Netflix isn't what it used to be, for sure. They've lost a lot of the stuff that once made it great.

We signed up for a trial for Hulu, and basically all the old TV stuff is over there. So we may ditch Netflix and keep Hulu.

Chris

[thunderbolt]

I have Hulu for new episodes of stuff as I can't get over the air here, and CW is free. Hulu also get a lot of movies, so its Bubye Netflix. I just don't see the value there anymore. I can live without the Marvel shows, and Stranger Things is just fan service to Spielberg so its not all that.

[Hedji]

We signed up for Hulu also, and we are giving Movie Pass a try... so maybe we don't need Netflix either. My teen daughter may be watching more than we do though.

[rykerw1701]

Netflix's business model is changing. They're moving from being providers of other's content to making their own. They really have to do that, because studios like Disney/Fox/Lucasfilm/Marvel/etc, Comcast, and CBS/Paramount/Viacom have already either started or announced their own streaming service. In a fairly short period of time, Netflix wouldn't have much to offer. Producing their own stuff is also risky and expensive.

So to me $2.75 per week is fine. The ugly part is paying multiple companies a fee, especially when they have only one show (I'm looking at you CBS Total Access) that I care about.

I suspect we'll see a big shake out a couple of years down the road.

[thunderbolt]

^^ I get that, but a lot of the original programming there I can live without.

[Mr.Marion]

Netflix was alot better 3 years ago, I watched McMillan and wife and the last season of Mission impossible. Now all those shows are gone.
Hulu has ads but I like there content better.

[Sideshow Spock]

I basically only subscribe to Netflix FOR their original content at this point. I can barely even keep up with all their excellent shows (just finished Glow, starting Godless, that sort of thing), and I'm not even talking about the Marvel offerings. And I love all the British stuff they bring over, such as The Queen and Broadchurch, just to name a couple. The occasional movie and vintage content is just a bonus..

[Mikey]

Netflix was alot better 3 years ago, I watched McMillan and wife and the last season of Mission impossible. Now all those shows are gone.
Hulu has ads but I like there content better.

I've never seen the last season of McMillan and Wife ... Was it any good ??? Liked the original seasons but hate the idea of killing her off

[Hector]

I basically only subscribe to Netflix FOR their original content at this point. I can barely even keep up with all their excellent shows (just finished Glow, starting Godless, that sort of thing), and I'm not even talking about the Marvel offerings. And I love all the British stuff they bring over, such as The Queen and Broadchurch, just to name a couple. The occasional movie and vintage content is just a bonus..

Agreed.

After watching Stranger Things and The Punisher. I started watching the last season of Longmire...I love that show. And after that, I’m watching a German series called DARK...said to be similar to Stranger Things...and it’s being hailed by critics...

https://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-dark-review-fairy-tale-sci-fi-germany-series/

I too, like you, can hardly keep up with all these original cool shows.

I also just watched Captain America Civil War and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on Netflix.

I love Netflix...$11 a month is nothing...basically an In N Out Double Double/Fries/Soda/Shake meal, lol.

[Hector]

I don’t have Hulu.

$8 a month.

What original shows they have?

I’m not into old TV shows...so that would not be interesting to me.

Their movie inventory looks about the same as Netflix.

[Iron Mego]

Dark isn't really all that similar to Stranger Things, other than part of it takes place in the '80s. It's more akin to foreign series' like Jordskott or The Valley. It is good though.

Will be keeping Netflix because of shows like Dark and ST and Mindhunter, etc. I figure if I, or my wife and I, watch two or three things a month on Netflix it's worth it. And we watch way more than that. I'm finding it harder to justify holding onto Hulu. Rarely watch anything on there. New shows aren't a draw because we have cable, and I don't watch any of the old stuff they have on there. Their movie selection is the worst of any of the streaming services I currently subscribe to, especially now that they don't have the Criterion Collection. Still, I find one or two things to watch every month so it's still worth holding onto.

[Mr.Marion]

I've never seen the last season of McMillan and Wife ... Was it any good ??? Liked the original seasons but hate the idea of killing her off

TBH I don't remember much about it. John Schuck's character said something like "I'm surprised how well Mac is bouncing back from losing his wife and child in the plane crash a few months ago. "
Mac had a different date in each episode for the last season.

Joanna Cameron was even in an episode but I think that was season 4 or 5.

[warlock664]

I'll have to respectfully disagree; I think $11 is a bargain for what I get. I watch the Marvel shows, Stranger Things, some British shows, 11 seasons of Cheers... and all commercial free. And when May/June arrives, I'll watch the current seasons of Arrow, Flash and Legends of Tomorrow that I can't catch weekly.

[thunderbolt]

I get CW stuff next day on the Roku CW app, so don't need that from Netflix either.