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Netflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UK (www.engadget.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/britishtelly@feddit.uk
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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I hear there are some nice communities dedicated to piracy somewhere on the fediverse.

I think a lot of people stopped pirating because of Netflix, when they first started and they had a lot of good content and reasonable prices.

Now that it's just full of bland Netflix Originals and they're trying to squeeze every last penny from people already battling a cost of living crisis, it might be time to dust off the old jolly roger again.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

    I think a lot of people stopped pirating because of Netflix, when they first started and they had a lot of good content and reasonable prices.

    It's a classic move - start a convenient free or cheap product to kill the competition and then jack up the monetisation.

    I remember the enormous amount of Torrenting there was of Lost and the like, so they'd be eager to sign up to streaming services too. I think the problem now is that it's even easier to illegally stream films and TV, so they aren't even doing that well on the convenience front.

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