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Netflix kills Basic plan, making its cheapest ad-free tier $15.49 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev to c/technology

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I've been putting off having a local copy of the series and movies I watch because I still can access them quickly and cheaply enough in some streaming service, I think it's time to plan ramping up my selfhosted setup.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of other services usually offer a yearly discount, and I can see Netflix offering that. However, I don't see Netflix choosing to get rid of the monthly market entirely.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They could just make the monthly price so high that people will always get the yearly plan. For example, make the yearly plan cost the same amount as three months on the monthly plan.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago

They could, but it appears that stream switching is becoming a way that people are consuming streaming media. It becomes a business decision as to whether to go for that market segment or not.