‘Canceled our subscription today’ fume Netflix fans after ‘another price rise teased’ and say ‘I can live without it’
NETFLIX users have been concerned about a new hike in price and have taken to social media to express their frustration.
In a new piece for Forbes Australia, contributor Paul Tassi writes that Netflix might soon raise its fees again.
Tassi notes that despite Netflix rolling out unpopular changes, it continues to see large subscriber growth.
These changes include cracking down on virtual private network (VPN) usage and kicking people out of using each other’s accounts.
“Netflix is essentially saying here that it will keep increasing prices because it can,” Tassi writes.
“The hikes are not leading to widespread cancellation,” he explained.
However, in a new post on Reddit that links to the Forbes article, Netflix users say that they are indeed canceling their subscriptions.
“Family canceled our subscription today,” one commenter remarked in the thread.
“I can live without Netflix,” another apathetic subscriber added.
“Stop letting auto-pay get you. I only subscribe to one subscription at a time, watch what you want and move on to another,” a third person said.
“We don’t have time to watch everything at once,” they added.
“I am about to cancel my membership simply because I can…” another Reddit user said.
It was only a few months ago that Netflix announced an increase in subscription fees for users in the US, UK, and France.
The streaming service revealed that users on its Basic plan will begin paying $11.99 per month, up from $9.99.
And those paying $19.99 per month for Premium would have to pay $22.99.
Meanwhile, Netflix’s $6.99 ad-supported and $15.49 Standard plans stayed the same price.
Netflix is one of several streaming services that has hiked its prices in recent months.
Most recently, Amazon Prime came under fire for adding advertisements to its Prime Video content.
Users either have to deal with the disrupting ads or pay more for the “ad-free” version.