Netflix Price Increase

froogletom on 11/11/2021 - 13:38

Hello oz bargain just thought i would inform you most Netflix plans are increasing here is the information from news.com.au

Netflix will increase the price of its Australian subscriptions from today.

The American streaming service will jack up the fees on its standard and premium plans by up to $3 a month.

The price for the standard plan changes from $15.99 a month to $16.99 a month. Customers on the standard plan were already slugged with an increase in late 2020.

The price for the premium plan will go up from $19.99 to $22.99 a month. The premium plan was most recently increased two years earlier.

The basic plan remains at $10.99 a month.

Netflix’s changes will be rolled out from November 11 for new customers but it won’t apply to existing members for at least another week, kicking in at their next billing date after November 18. Netflix said it will give members 30 days notice by email and notification.

source(https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/streaming/netflix-t…)

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    • greater mimic on 12/11/2021 - 13:25

      or on my Sonarr

      tbh i still have my netflix account but maybe time to give it up…

    • meatgasm on 12/11/2021 - 21:49

      Your comment has me perPLEXed 🤔

  • jv on 11/11/2021 - 16:43
    +1

    Oh well…. Back to Foxtel it is then…

    • Nickels n Dimes on 12/11/2021 - 14:31

      Never again paying for the Foxtel gouging! Nine isn't bad value though, if you enjoy the whole live channels suprisemewithwhat'sshowing thing.

    • jaimex2 on 12/11/2021 - 14:52
      +3

      Wrong answer

  • 2jzzzz on 11/11/2021 - 18:04
    +1

    Laughs in Kodi

    • DemocracyManifest on 12/11/2021 - 13:10
      +22

      Lol laughs for 10 minutes waiting for source to load

      • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 18:48
        +2

        and clicking (profanity) traffic light boxes to authorize

    • Nickels n Dimes on 12/11/2021 - 14:35
      -1

      TBH just paying for a solid VPN, and torrenting everything is going to beat the price of any streaming service. But the planning your future watching isn't for everyone, and set-up is a little too technical for most, or every Aussie would be doing it, rather than the Australia-Tax from foreign media companies.

      • jv on 12/11/2021 - 14:38
        +1

        and torrenting everything is going to beat the price of any streaming service.

        yes, stealing content will highly likely be cheaper than getting it legitimately…

        • abb on 12/11/2021 - 15:05
          +10

          It's copyright infringement, not stealing, as you're not actually taking a good or service without paying for it

          It could be stealing if, for example, you found a backdoor into Netflix that let you log in without an account, or if you sneak into a movie theatre without buying a ticket. Downloading from the pirate bay is not.

          • jv on 12/11/2021 - 15:11
            -5

            @abb: Of course it is stealing.

            You are taking something that does not belong to you.

            • abb on 12/11/2021 - 15:49
              +1

              @jv: What am I taking? Who did I take it from?

              I resent these defamatory allegations and request they be retracted.

              • jv on 12/11/2021 - 16:05

                @abb:

                What am I taking?

                Content.

                Who did I take it from?

                The owner of the content.

                • rektrading on 12/11/2021 - 16:13
                  +2

                  @jv: The work hasn't been stolen. The copyright holder still has the work somewhere in their storage.

                  • jv on 12/11/2021 - 16:15
                    -3

                    @rektrading:

                    The work hasn't been stolen.

                    The content has…

                    Similar to sneaking into a cinema without paying.

                  • jv on 12/11/2021 - 16:16

                    @rektrading:

                    The work hasn't been stolen.

                    If that was true, then there's nothing wrong with not paying for a train ticket. The train is still there after you finish your trip.

            • rektrading on 12/11/2021 - 15:49
              +3

              @jv: No.

              Copyright infringements aren't theft. They fall under different legislation.

              They may depend on the jurisdiction be classified as a crime or a civil violation.

              • jv on 12/11/2021 - 16:19
                -3

                @rektrading:

                aren't theft.

                https://www.webroot.com/us/en/resources/tips-articles/the-so…

                Piracy is theft
                Copying software or digital content without permission of the content creator is stealing. It is no different than shoplifting the same program from a computer store.

                • rektrading on 12/11/2021 - 16:33
                  +1

                  @jv:

                  For instance, the United States Supreme Court held in Dowling v. United States (1985) that bootleg phonorecords did not constitute stolen property. Instead,

                  "interference with copyright does not easily equate with theft, conversion, or fraud. The Copyright Act even employs a separate term of art to define one who misappropriates a copyright: '[…] an infringer of the copyright.'"

                  • Assburg on 13/11/2021 - 11:24
                    +2

                    @rektrading: So what if we steal from massive American companies that pay less percentage tax than the average person in derelict poverty?

                    If I could download a Tesla, an iPhone and a 3080Ti I would too, because these companies' modus operandi is theft. They can get fked.

                • abb on 12/11/2021 - 16:54
                  +2

                  @jv: I'm sure "Webroot(R) an opentext™ company" is a fine company, but their articles have no jurisdiction in Australia.

                  Could you link to an Australian law or legal judgement that says that receiving a sequence of 1s and 0s from one party is stealing from a third party?

                  Your train example is not the same, that's theft of service. You have acquired a service from the train company of transport from place A to place B.
                  Similarly your cinema example, you have acquired the service of viewing the film on their equipment without paying for it.

                  When one downloads a torrent file from the pirate bay, they have not taken ANYTHING from Sony Pictures (for example). Not even a copy!

                  Consider this roughly equivalent scenario:

                  You take a photo of my house, with my permission, you pay me $5 for the inconvenience of standing in my driveway.
                  Your friend Bob takes a photo of your photo with no permission from either of us when he was visiting your house for dinner as an invited guest.
                  Bob's friend Max photocopies Bob's copy, with Bob's permission.

                  Has Max stolen from me? The pattern of light in his image was once reflected off MY house!! Max didn't pay to stand in my driveway!!

                  No, he hasn't stolen anything. Both Bob and Max have infringed the copyright you hold in your photograph.

                  • jv on 12/11/2021 - 17:14

                    @abb:

                    but their articles have no jurisdiction in Australia.

                    Neither do US court cases.

                    • abb on 12/11/2021 - 17:15
                      +3

                      @jv: Good point. Why do you mention it?

                  • jv on 12/11/2021 - 17:15
                    -2

                    @abb:

                    Has Max stolen from me?

                    If you travel on a bus without paying, is that copyright infringement ?

                    • abb on 12/11/2021 - 17:16
                      +3

                      @jv: I explicitly addressed this scenario and why it is theft of service.

                • johnno07 on 12/11/2021 - 17:54
                  +3

                  @jv: You pick weird hills to die on, man. You obviously don't understand the difference between the crime of theft, and infringments on intellectual property rights so why would you fight about it? And you've picked a non-legal source to back up your argument? Just… weird.

                  • jv on 12/11/2021 - 18:01
                    -3

                    @johnno07:

                    You obviously don't understand the difference

                    Taking something that does not belong to you is stealing.

                    It's not rocket science. Not that I find rocket science particularly challenging…

                    • Assburg on 13/11/2021 - 11:29
                      +1

                      @jv: Are you really this much of a bootlicker…?

                      Sure, generally companies are treated as a person in court, but guess what, they're not actually people. You have no moral or ethical obligation to treat this abstract entity whose only manifestations in reality are the accumulation of money and the poor treatment of workers.

                      No one's going to jail for stealing blood from mosquitoes… Or is that just because someone hasn't setup an LLC for the mosquitoes yet?

                      • jv on 13/11/2021 - 16:54

                        @Assburg:

                        Are you really this much of a bootlicker…?

                        Congratulations… You win the hypocritical comment of the week award !!!

            • jv on 12/11/2021 - 16:43
              -2

              @mdavant: Exactly…

              All these thieves are just trying to justify to themselves that they are not doing anything wrong, when they are stealing from the owner…

              • [Deactivated] on 13/11/2021 - 02:33

                @jv: If I had to pay I wouldn't watch it. So they're losing $0. "Thefts" don't cost the owner $0 and leave them with their item still in their possession. ;-p

            • rektrading on 12/11/2021 - 16:46
              +4

              @mdavant: Made by Hollywood to trick people that don't understand the difference between a copyright infringement and the theft of property.

            • abb on 12/11/2021 - 16:55
              +1

              @mdavant: That's a pirated video, I daren't watch it in case the police come.

        • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 18:53
          +1

          How is VPN + Torrenting any more legitimate than Kodi (the comment he responded to)?

    • Sendthegoods on 13/11/2021 - 00:04

      Kodi still a thing?

      • bohn on 13/11/2021 - 18:49

        Yes, kodi can be used as front-end and link it to either plex or emby

    • [Deactivated] on 13/11/2021 - 02:55

      Laughs that I just used a torrent search engine. ;-p

  • Bystander on 11/11/2021 - 19:23

    Why do companies still have prices that end with x.99?
    Does anybody still fall for that?

    • greatlamp on 12/11/2021 - 08:20
      +5

      Yes, bias still works even if you are aware of it.

      • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 18:55
        +1

        I legitimately still fall for it despite knowing about it.

        $998 looks a lot cheaper to me than $1000 and WAY cheaper than $1027.

        • [Deactivated] on 13/11/2021 - 02:56

          That's just being frugal… not gullible, lol. ;-p

  • AustriaBargain on 11/11/2021 - 19:28
    +2

    I remember when Netflix had all the movies, now they seem to just have Netflix originals and a lot of D grade horror movies. I'm liking Disney+ and Prime Video at the moment. Fox's back catalogue is nice to have and I'd pay for Prime just for free shipping with Amazon anyway.

    • ozwog05 on 11/11/2021 - 23:43

      You forgot serial killer docos.

    • whatgift on 13/11/2021 - 17:44

      For me Netflix is still king of original and licenced content. Primes selection is paltry in comparison and poorly organised, and Disney+ is historic content I’ve seen many times before and originals of the same few franchises.

  • rektrading on 11/11/2021 - 19:36
    +1

    The gift that keeps on giving.

    US inflation surges to 30-year high; likely to get worse, say economists
    October's annual rate was 6.2 per cent, the highest since 1990.
    https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/us-inflation-s…

    People can expect prices to continue to up from here.

    • brendanm on 11/11/2021 - 20:18
      +8

      It's totally a mystery as to how that happened, I thought printing money and handing it out to people for doing nothing would have no effect on the economy.

      • caitsith01 on 12/11/2021 - 12:20
        +4

        If only they had not done this and let millions of people lose their jobs and fall into poverty while tens of thousands of businesses fail. Then my Netflix would be cheaper!

        • mdavant on 12/11/2021 - 16:25

          Oh, you think all the people who got jobkeeper needed it!

          Can I have yours? I never got nothin

          • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 18:56

            @mdavant:

            Oh, you think all the people who got jobkeeper needed it!

            Probably?

            • mdavant on 12/11/2021 - 19:20

              @idonotknowwhy: Are you serious?

              Every tradie got it

              How many tradies doing it tough?

              Retail teenagers on stuff all got it.

              How many iPhones sold?

              Don't worry. I pay enough tax to help pay for the largesse

          • tryagain on 14/11/2021 - 11:44

            @mdavant:

            I never got nothin

            So what did you get?

            • mdavant on 14/11/2021 - 12:39

              @tryagain: Haha. I got a big fat debt bill to pay so that puppy prices could go to the moon and we import tens of thousands more iPhones made in china.

              This is straya maaaate

    • lew380 on 12/11/2021 - 09:36
      -4

      Just have to wait for Biden to pay back the elites that stole the election for him, 4 years should do it I think.

  • Platinumtelecom on 11/11/2021 - 19:45
    +1

    $19 rebate back with the crypto.com card 😎

    • andyholloway on 12/11/2021 - 08:48

      Do you have to do anything to apply for this rebate? Or do they just send you the rebate in CRO automatically if you have an appropriate tier card? I'm finding their support very unhelpful.

      • Platinumtelecom on 12/11/2021 - 08:59

        The CRO rebate comes in straight away after the card is charged.
        I have not had to deal with support. All my questions are answered on the telegram community group.

  • BuDWiZe on 11/11/2021 - 21:21
    +7

    hrm $3. doesnt sound like much but that now means the dolby vision 4k package hits $23
    think im going back to sailing the high seas.

    • caitsith01 on 12/11/2021 - 12:20
      +1

      HDR/DV is my only real motivation to use Netflix and it's getting bloody hard to justify at this point.

      • cheeksahoy on 12/11/2021 - 13:52

        I just signed up and was dismayed to find that HDR/DV content is largely limited to their own product. Am I doing something wrong? So many movies they have that I know have 4K releases available elsewhere.

        • BuDWiZe on 13/11/2021 - 06:51
          +1

          yes only their stuff is 4k dv/hdr

  • doctordv8 on 12/11/2021 - 08:29
    +1

    Cheap as chips!
    $1 a month. A mere drop in the ocean, and still on the good side of the value for money cheap plans for any pay for content tv.

    • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 09:29

      Can I have like $5 for lunch?

      • CocaKoala on 12/11/2021 - 10:06

        I don't know. Can you?

      • hothed on 12/11/2021 - 15:47
        +1

        Cheap lunch!

    • rektrading on 12/11/2021 - 10:23
      +2

      It sounds like someone missed the economics class.

      -0.05% here, -0.05% there eventually adds to -99.99%.

      People that don't pay attention will find themselves working for free.

  • jackoltd on 12/11/2021 - 09:17

    first-time poster after watching the boards for like 5+yrs

    hmm… and how have they communicated that to their subscribers? I thought with a price increase all companies have to give 30 days' notice, I checked my email and have nothing apart from "we have added a new movie you might like". Even those they tell me after I've watched it

  • OzHunterNSW on 12/11/2021 - 10:15
    -3

    Ask yourself whether you really need it or not. Do you have other subscriptions?
    Many TV stations offer a host of other services… look into it.

    I severed Foxtel years ago, and adjusted to what is available on terrestrial TV… I have re-visited my Blurays, and bought heaps more. I am not shackled to any subscription nor am I compelled to watch TV…

    I have downloaded an AP upon my phone that allows me to view FREE movies. I simply connect via an HDMI cable to the TV, and sit back and relax watching the LATEST movies.

    These movies are FREE, where as, on your Netflix, &c, you would be paying $7+ (on top of your subscription).

    • treeman on 12/11/2021 - 10:30

      Is that legal?
      I've downloaded plenty of illegal things before, and often still do on the very odd occasion but are these free movies available legally?

      • PiratePete1911 on 12/11/2021 - 13:39

        Of course not, Im not here to judge but he should be honest about the comparison like some other people in the thread who have just said the alternative is the high seas.

  • Mr Icarus on 12/11/2021 - 10:48

    Have been running though Argentina for a while now, the price has been creeping up slowly until this month.

    Previous month $15.25

    This month $20.96

    This is through 28deg mastercard.

    The price on the spreadsheet doesn't account for sales tax that's added on to the price.

    Time to try another country I guess.

    (price for premium plan)

    • giu on 12/11/2021 - 11:40

      Sounds like something is wrong. My charge last month using Turkey and 28 Degrees is $5.83 on the standard plan. Pretty spot on to the spreadsheet.

    • PerthectDeal on 13/11/2021 - 03:41

      I have the same, Premium plan,
      the price 12.80 based on 939ARS. This has just gone up, last month it was 669ARS

      the 35% foreign card tax gets added on top of this. I am looking at a way to pay avoiding this fee…

  • Kamsi on 12/11/2021 - 10:49
    +1

    last time I check on Netflix I have to use VPN to watch some of the shows, Australia contents is just too damn boring. And now the increase have to consider my options.

    • HeyHeyHeyIsItADeal on 12/11/2021 - 12:25

      LMAO literally. I dont know why anyone would watch Australias Netflix when the content is so bad. When compared to other countries that are cheaper and have far better content. I think I'll find myself sailing the seven seas using PLEX. I guess it won't be that hard to learn how to use PLEX seeing that I see it mentioned a lot on reddit and here.

      • txb on 12/11/2021 - 14:37

        EILI5: Plex plez?

        • jrjr on 12/11/2021 - 15:50
          +3

          Turns a folder of downloaded content into a netflix like interface that you can use across all your devices

  • HeWhoKnows on 12/11/2021 - 12:19
    +1

    Will someone pls tell the government and the Reserve Bank that prices everywhere are increasing by 10% to 20%
    Not the 2% they claim to be.

    Inflation is out of control!

    • caitsith01 on 12/11/2021 - 12:21

      Some inflation is an expected consequence of the massive global stimulus which has prevented the economy from cratering due to covid. It's a problem if it doesn't gradually ease off, but not a short term problem.

      • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 19:00

        It's a problem if it doesn't gradually ease off, but not a short term problem.

        When you say ease off, you mean it'll go back to like 2% / year right?

        But it won't undo the damage being done now, ie, netflix won't become cheaper again right?

        • caitsith01 on 15/11/2021 - 22:20
          -1

          Wages should also go up in a normal cycle, so that Netflix stays more expensive but you also have more money.

          Mind you in the last couple of decades that hasn't been happening, but that's more to do with corporate greed than inflation itself being a problem.

  • kaleidoscope on 12/11/2021 - 12:43

    meh. Stopped netflix streaming after their tv app started becoming slower and slower and they did no optimisations. Didnt have to look back as quite satisfied with prime + apple tv+ and renting/buying from weekend deals.

    • Your Friend on 12/11/2021 - 13:41
      +3

      I use apple tv with prime/netflix. Prime is significantly slower/worse UX than Netflix, and believe me I like Prime. But the app is shit.

      • CheapskateQueen on 15/11/2021 - 21:53

        the prime app is super shit, but the fire stick is amazing.

        I got a year free apple TV and barely touched it.

    • Nickels n Dimes on 12/11/2021 - 14:50

      Netflix has a richly featured app, but it is slow, poorly optimized, doesn't allow access to most settings without signing into your web console, and worst of all, it works on fewer and fewer devices everyday, (thanks to Netflix enjoying hefty kickbacks from Apple, Google and a few TV manufacturers). Even if it works well today, there's a high chance it will stop working in several months, at which point Netflix support will tell you they can't help because your device is inscrutably now 'unsupported'.

      • kaleidoscope on 12/11/2021 - 14:58

        That’s what I felt like as well.. I was wasting more time in the sluggish menus and unoptimised ux and then they kept increasing the price (i was using 4k compatible tier)

  • jaimex2 on 12/11/2021 - 14:50

    Stopped paying for streaming services years ago. Was happy to pay when it was centralised, now its an unholy mess.

  • Pittyh on 12/11/2021 - 15:22
    +1

    How can they keep doing this?

    Before long it will be as expensive as foxtel

    • silverrat23 on 13/11/2021 - 08:14

      Will always be better than foster, thanks to the eternal lack of ads.

      • caitsith01 on 15/11/2021 - 22:21

        They auto-play crap relentlessly! Not sure what your definition of ads is, but having shows I don't want shoveled at me the second I finish watching something counts in my book.

  • Charbel91 on 12/11/2021 - 15:44

    I'm so glad that i managed to sign up via Turkey Netflix a few years ago. 😅😅

  • wjojff on 12/11/2021 - 17:48

    Question, for the Turkey method, do I need to pay for VPN every month? Or just use the free trial to sign up Turkish Netflix?

    • awaddell on 12/11/2021 - 19:35
      +2

      No, once you have a Turkey account you can use it without a VPN and it defaults to the Australian Library.

      • nocure on 12/11/2021 - 21:01
        +1

        How do you get past the sms verification?

        • PleasureMe on 14/11/2021 - 16:11

          Wondering this too

  • tyme on 12/11/2021 - 18:51
    +1

    Can anyone even name something they've watched on Netflix in the last 6 months that wasn't Squid Game?
    Seems like this service is kind of dead.

    • idonotknowwhy on 12/11/2021 - 19:00

      Rick And Morty
      And yeah, Squid Game.
      That's all.

    • funeste on 12/11/2021 - 19:02

      The Closer

    • Sammy Boi on 12/11/2021 - 20:20
      +1

      Yeah I don't think it's worth the previous price let alone the increase
      I guess everybody shares accounts with friends and Family to make it worthwhile I wouldn't pay that kind of money

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