• Whirrun617@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hot take but I think ultimately this will work out for them. Nobody is going to cancel their sub over this, because whoever is paying isn’t losing anything.

    The people who lose access to the account might not sign up, but it doesn’t exactly hurt Netflix if they don’t, they weren’t paying anyway.

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      2 years ago

      I canceled mine at the beginning of the year. For me it represented a 5x increase in the cost of the platform. But I agree overall, it’s probably a slight positive for them in the short term (I’m skeptical its worth losing mindshare in the long run).

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      2 years ago

      Well, these events made me reconsider subscribing in the first place, as the people benefiting from my subscription used it more than myself, so that was a good opportunity to cancel my subscription.

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      2 years ago

      I know of one friend group that’s going to cancel, but that’s just one paying user in the end. If anyone from the group is getting the subscription it’ll already cancel out.

      It was only a matter of time untill this happened. This will definitely be profitable for them in wealthy countries.