It was good while it lasted.

Netflix confirms it’s cutting off Apple billing for grandfathered subscribers::Netflix legacy subscribers who’ve been paying through Apple’s payments system will now have to switch to paying Netflix directly.

  • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4414·
    9 months ago

    Netflix has no problem raising the prices for everyone regardless. Let’s not pretend that Netflix is a good company, they’ve been shittifying their service for years now.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
      234·
      9 months ago

      I didn’t imply they are a good company - but that’s simply how prices work. If the revenue for some customers is smaller, either those customers will have to pay more, or (if they’re not allowed to specifically increase prices for that group, as is the case here) all customers will have to pay more.

    • taanegl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1611·
      9 months ago

      Is there any reason why you’re being anti-consumer and anti-user by being facetious, or was that just a bit of contrarian pretention?

      • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        No I’m actually extremely pro consumer; stop supporting abusive companies and go find alternative means of obtaining whatever it is you want to watch.

        • taanegl@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          9 months ago

          “I’m want Apple to keep it’s walled garden to spite the publishers”.

          That’s you. Yes, it does sound that dumb.

          • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            That’s a disingenuous statement. You could always subscribe to Netflix outside of Apple.

            Apple isn’t the only only digital store that charges fees. Don’t hear anyone bitching about Steam.

      • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.eeEnglish
        73·
        9 months ago

        Is there a reason you’re being a sesquipedalian? Netflix profits are up over 50% since the start of the year - and this is with Apple taking their piece of the pie.

        Do you think Netflix will lower their prices after they remove legacy pricing from the Apple Store? I own Netflix stock, so by all means, blame Apple.