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Netflix got rid of the $9.99 basic plan in Canada (www.narcity.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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It's like they are trying to irritate people into canceling their accounts.

Imo, this one might actually be worse than the account sharing and cause people to quit. As soon as you have people messing around with their subscription version, it's all too easy to just say "nah, I actually don't want this anymore".

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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (8 children)

I can only assume this but this is most likely a response to the C-11 bill that just passed. Netflix was already losing mass amounts of content due to other streaming services. And now our government is mandating that all online streaming have & pay for a certain amount of Canadian content...

Our government is really the one fucking us over when it comes to the internet. From only ever helping monopolies to passing laws on the internet that can only harm users.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    That law is in effect in Europe since a long time ago (in fact is thanks to that law that netflix carries so much non north-american content) and netflix didn't remove any tiers.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Companies always use stuff like this to jack up prices and blame others for their own greed. Just like companies who use 3% inflation to increase their prices 40%. The ignorant just lap it up and blame the government while putting that 40% extra into some CEOs pocket.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Only some European countries like France, UK never had that law.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sorry, when I said Europe I meant the european union.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Which the UK was in up until three years ago and never had said law. I'm pretty sure places like Germany or Poland don't have it either.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Yes they have. I think that it's not a law from the european union but a directive that then each country has to apply locally, but just with a simple search I found things like these:
    https://variety.com/2022/digital/global/netflix-30-europe-content-quota-avms-1235286587/
    https://looperinsights.com/what-do-new-european-content-laws-mean-for-streaming-services/
    https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-amazon-prime-video-eu-law-local-content-2018-9

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