Netflix subscriptions are up almost 6 million this quarter, suggesting we’re all just too exhausted to fight this stuff

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Canceled my 4 screen plan right after this was announced… So not in my experience

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Same here, but it’s disappointing to see how many people just let it go and pay when enough combined push back would work.

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If it was up to me, I would have canceled a while ago. My wife, and my mom who shared my plan will be fine coughing up the extra few dollars a month to keep it. I think forums like this get a skewed world view since they’re populated by the kinds of people that would be fine setting up their own media server and just pirating what they want, or just churning services to binge watch what they want from each one every few months. I think Netflix(and other services) know that the average user is just going to keep going, even if the price continues to rise gradually over time.

The one thing that might tip the scales is people that set up their own media server and then share that with family and friends. I’ve got a few family members sharing my Plex, but I can also see that they don’t actually watch much. My niece seems to be the one person that will actually ask me to add content for her, so maybe it’s a generational thing where the people that have already used streaming services for a decade or more will keep going, but they’ll see a drop off of new users as they find something else.

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3 points

Sure, and I canceled mine a couple years ago, but there are a ton of people who can’t be bothered with it and just pay

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1 point

I don’t see why. Half the shows I like just get canceled prematurely anyway.

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60 points

And their revenue is still down and they had the worst day for their stock price ever when they announced this news. People are too tired and stressed out to fight a dying behemoth that used to be good like we’re living in a Dark Souls game or something.

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44 points

Cancelled and three users who used my password didn’t sign up. Doubt Netflix would announce this was a failure so here we are.

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25 points

I had the opposite experience. I canceled and then my moochers signed up for their own.

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3 points

Did they decide to share their passwords with you?

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7 points

I’m sure they would if I asked. I could probably even guess it as the sharing was already both ways with other services.

We would still be in the same problem with Netflix blocking other locations though.

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1 point

I canceled and then my moochers signed up for their own.

This was where Netflix planned to make their money back from folks that cancel. I’m sure they ran the numbers and arrived at the “more money” answer when they enforce sharing crackdown.

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42 points

too tired? from what im seeing the vast majority of people just don’t care. they are fine with thier internet becoming more expensive and handing everything to these companies. most simply think this is the only option.

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I mean, that sounds exactly like tired/defeated thinking to me. Frustrating to see it play out, tho.

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From my experience, brother in law hates it. Wants to cancel but the kids (2 preteens) watch it a lot and he just doesn’t want to use something new that he has to relearn to be comfortable leaving them alone with.

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7 points

Fair, exhausted parents trying to buy a moment of peace has been a cornerstone of American capitalism since RCA used Howdy Doody to sell television sets

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29 points

Well I mean The Witcher season 3 came out. yeah it went up.

They’re kidding themselves if I’m keeping it after. Again.

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20 points

You should’ve just pirated it.

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7 points

Not even worth pirating.

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3 points

oof

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For me, it was I Think You Should Leave’s new season that got me to sign up for a month to binge that repeatedly. After we finish the documentary on Homo naledi we’ve been watching, we’ll cancel Netflix and start Max for a month so we can watch the new season of Righteous Gemstones.

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