Back in July I got an email from Netflix indicating that my streaming price would increase to $9.99/month as of August. "When we raised prices for new Netflix members in 2014, we kept your streaming price the same for two years. Your special pricing is now ending..."
But my credit card statements for the next 2 months still showed the old price, so I was hoping that they were keeping me with the old price, $8.63, after all.
But today when I logged into the site in order to update my card expiration date, it popped up a message: Your price has changed. Your new streaming price of $9.99/month means more of the shows and movies you love-like Narcos and Orange Is the New Black.
Then I immediately got a new email that my price had increased.
So, apparently if I hadn't logged in, ie., as long as I wasn't using the service, my price would have remained at the lower rate. Which I suppose is polite of them.
But their above message irks me a bit. "Shows and movies you love".. Narcos? I think not. OITNB? Meh. I watched a few episodes and didn't like it much. I might give it another try someday, or I might not.
And based on this article, Netflix's catalog has shrunk by a whopping 50% in the past few years (since 2012), via![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
andrewducker, I find the statement even more ironic.
But my credit card statements for the next 2 months still showed the old price, so I was hoping that they were keeping me with the old price, $8.63, after all.
But today when I logged into the site in order to update my card expiration date, it popped up a message: Your price has changed. Your new streaming price of $9.99/month means more of the shows and movies you love-like Narcos and Orange Is the New Black.
Then I immediately got a new email that my price had increased.
So, apparently if I hadn't logged in, ie., as long as I wasn't using the service, my price would have remained at the lower rate. Which I suppose is polite of them.
But their above message irks me a bit. "Shows and movies you love".. Narcos? I think not. OITNB? Meh. I watched a few episodes and didn't like it much. I might give it another try someday, or I might not.
And based on this article, Netflix's catalog has shrunk by a whopping 50% in the past few years (since 2012), via
andrewducker, I find the statement even more ironic.