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Netflix increases prices for all plans by up to $2 per month
Netflix last raised prices in January 2025.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/netflix-increases-prices-for-all-plans-by-up-to-2-per-month/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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noplasticshower 2d ago

@arstechnica they are so fired

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Third spruce tree on the left 2d ago

@noplasticshower @arstechnica

> Netflix’s CFO, named pricing, membership growth, and a doubling of ad revenue as the key revenue drivers for 2026.

And now ads (in some tiers). Between all the bullshit they pulled last year about "household sharing" and being draconian on account sharing, and jacking the price AGAIN, its just not fucking worth it anymore.

> 2025 net income was $11 B <-- $8.7 B (2024)

yeah fuck you Netflix. we all gotta make a sandwich but this sucks.

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Pēteris Krišjānis 2d ago

@arstechnica I needed reason to cancel. Thanks Netflix.

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wtrabex 2d ago

@arstechnica

Netflix is so weird. When they had a monopoly position, they had lots of great content and a low price.

Now they had lots of competition, and their content is not what it was. The price is too high.

The saying of, "competition is good for business," is wrong here. I've also never seen anybody trying to eliminate their competition by running themselves out of business.

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Shamhatt 2d ago

@arstechnica Very soon salaries will be stretched up to a point where people will not be able to afford the Netflix, Disney, Paramount, Apple and Amazon brainworms any more.
I say, let's grab any remaining opportunities to have free content for adds and see how much they can push the envelope, even if we have to have our TV speakers in mute half of the time.

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