200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires::Aussies have spoken, and the results are not looking good for Netflix. A new report reveals why users are turning to streaming competitors.

  • Bri Guy @sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    wow, surprising in a way but i guess people just want easy access to content to binge

    • pips@lemmy.film
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      1 year ago

      It costs less to add a household than it does to have two subscriptions. Netflix was at least somewhat smart about it.

    • ioen@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It was always going to work, it’s kind of weird everyone expected it to backfire. There was never going to be a mass boycott because normal people don’t see “you have to pay for it to use it” as particularly unreasonable.

      Say I shared my account with 4 other people. Even if all 4 decide not to sign up, Netflix don’t lose anything and they save 80% of their server costs. They only lose money if I quit as well, and why would I when I’m getting the same service for the same price.

    • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Cable cost hundreds and still had ads, people won’t give a fuck over 20$ if that means relative ease of watching season 57 of Big Mouth

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        1 year ago

        The only people down voting this are people who haven’t been on cable in years and have no idea how bad it is.