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Netflix quietly axes its basic plan in Canada
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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This is what happens when you don't push back against corporations. They cracked down on password sharing and signed up more users. They know that this change will force everyone into a higher tier with little to know effective pushback. I gave up my Netflix account a while ago, mostly due to a lack of good entertainment. When there is a show I want to watch I purchase a gift card and create an account for the duration it takes me to watch the season of that show, the rest of the time they get no money from me. The only way to make a corporation take you seriously is to affect their profit margin. Other than that anything and everything you do or say is just noise.
I don't feel like what Netflix did is unreasonable, as it's described in the article. It says that anyone who already has the plan can continue with it. They just aren't offering it to new users.
If someone made a decision to go with Netflix based on what was on offer, it sounds like that's not being taken away or anything.
They didn't lure in users with one service and the expectation that the service would continue to be available and then try to pressure them to get something else instead.
Ok so they're taking away a lower priced option for...what reason again?
Is it cheaper to get the gift card rather than just sign up for a month and then cancel?
To be 100% honest it's probably a few bucks more expensive because of the amounts the gift cards come in doesn't exactly line up with their monthly plan. The reason I do that is to keep my credit card info out of their hands and to prevent there being a month on my credit card that I didn't want due to me forgetting to cancel in time. The part about the credit card info being in their hands is because I watch a lot of security and privacy blogs and I hear more and more about data breaches (note I am not singling Netflix out for poor security) and tracking, but also data on users being sold as a secondary revenue source. When I sign up with a gift card I user a service like simple login to create an email alias (check out their free tier) which redirects to my normal email. So no user data to sell. Typing this out I realize this is not an option (affordable or convenience) for everyone so using your regular credit card and cancelling in between series would next best option.
This is what I do these days too. I used to keep it around even when I only opened it like once a week, but these days I only sign up for a month here and there when I'm sick or just want convenient access to something. The rest of the time the high seas are fairly appealing
Ahhrrrrr