Is Netflix worth it?

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

I’m starting to question it. If I go to Netflix to look for something to watch, I get the same vibe as I used to when I’d flip through the $4.99 DVD bins at Walmart. Every once in awhile something you’ve seen or heard of, but mostly straight to video. I don’t know what we pay monthly but thinking about dropping it.

How about you?

 

[HawkBall23]

I’m starting to question it. If I go to Netflix to look for something to watch, I get the same vibe as I used to when I’d flip through the $4.99 DVD bins at Walmart. Every once in awhile something you’ve seen or heard of, but mostly straight to video. I don’t know what we pay monthly but thinking about dropping it.

How about you?

I don't have Netflix, and have no desire to.


.... but I've heard that the only way to watch the NFL games on (either or both) Thanksgiving/Christmas day this fall/winter, will be via Netflix streaming.

No clue if that is total BS or not, but wouldn't be the least bit surprising if it is true.

 

[GOHOX69]

I’m starting to question it. If I go to Netflix to look for something to watch, I get the same vibe as I used to when I’d flip through the $4.99 DVD bins at Walmart. Every once in awhile something you’ve seen or heard of, but mostly straight to video. I don’t know what we pay monthly but thinking about dropping it.

How about you?

You are correct. The new ads also suck.

 

[TJ8869]

I dropped it several months ago and haven’t really missed it. I’m not sure if it was due to their crackdown on password sharing or what happened exactly. But one day I was no longer allowed to watch Netflix on my phone. It worked on my computer and on my tvs but every time I tried to use the app on my phone it said it wasn’t an authorized device, even when I was sitting in my house.

I suppose I could have called customer service and waited on hold until I could talk to someone in India and explain to them that my phone should be an authorized device. But I didn’t really feel like wasting my time to convince them to give me what I had paid for and was rightfully mine. So it was easier to just cancel and enjoy the half dozen other streaming services I use.

I haven’t been able to watch Seinfeld’s Pop Tarts movie as a consequence, but I think I’ll survive.

 

[NoleATL]

For us, it is... I think we get it cheap through with my T-Mobile or my better half's Verizon accounts.

 

[WhiteSoxClone]

We rotate streaming services and I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do that. So for instance, when House of Dragons starts again in a few weeks, I’ll cancel Netflix and subscribe to HBO. Then after we’ve caught up on all of our HBO content, we’ll move onto something else. And in about a year we’ll be back to Netflix and there will be a bunch of good material built up while we were gone.

We are always subscribed to about two streaming services, but we are constantly changing which two.

 

[jawatkins]

I dropped it several months ago and haven’t really missed it. I’m not sure if it was due to their crackdown on password sharing or what happened exactly. But one day I was no longer allowed to watch Netflix on my phone. It worked on my computer and on my tvs but every time I tried to use the app on my phone it said it wasn’t an authorized device, even when I was sitting in my house.

I suppose I could have called customer service and waited on hold until I could talk to someone in India and explain to them that my phone should be an authorized device. But I didn’t really feel like wasting my time to convince them to give me what I had paid for and was rightfully mine. So it was easier to just cancel and enjoy the half dozen other streaming services I use.

I haven’t been able to watch Seinfeld’s Pop Tarts movie as a consequence, but I think I’ll survive.

Missing the poptart movie is a net positive

 

[Bank of Hawk]

We rotate streaming services and I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do that. So for instance, when House of Dragons starts again in a few weeks, I’ll cancel Netflix and subscribe to HBO. Then after we’ve caught up on all of our HBO content, we’ll move onto something else. And in about a year we’ll be back to Netflix and there will be a bunch of good material built up while we were gone.

We are always subscribed to about two streaming services, but we are constantly changing which two.

It’s a good idea. Most people, myself included, don’t have the level of doing something like this consistently.

What if there was a secondary service that a guy could pay like $5 a month that would do the streaming services rotation on behalf of pre chosen preferences?? Pay $5 but save probably $30-$50 a month with a rotation service. Minimal to no maintenance.

 

[SolarHawk]

Op, you poor bro? It’s like $20 a month or something for top tier.

 

[jawatkins]

It’s a good idea. Most people, myself included, don’t have the level of doing something like this consistently.

What if there was a secondary service that a guy could pay like $5 a month that would do the streaming services rotation on behalf of pre chosen preferences?? Pay $5 but save probably $30-$50 a month with a rotation service. Minimal to no maintenance.

I just cancel after subscribing. Once a months up I have to decide to resubscribe or checkout another one

 

[millah_22]

I don't have Netflix, and have no desire to.


.... but I've heard that the only way to watch the NFL games on (either or both) Thanksgiving/Christmas day this fall/winter, will be via Netflix streaming.

No clue if that is total BS or not, but wouldn't be the least bit surprising if it is true.

Ya the Christmas games will be on Netflix.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Op, you poor bro? It’s like $20 a month or something for top tier.

Yes, and your mom raised her prices this year. Inflation, bro!

 

[millah_22]

We haven’t had it in about 6 months and don’t really miss it.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

We haven’t had it in about 6 months and don’t really miss it.

We’ll keep it I’m sure, but it sure seems rare I find anything I’d like to watch.

 

[SolarHawk]

Yes, and your mom raised her prices this year. Inflation, bro!

 

[millah_22]

We’ll keep it I’m sure, but it sure seems rare I find anything I’d like to watch.

That sentiment kept mounting. Log in, find nothing of interested, leave app for another. Then prices went up again and we just said “f it, we don’t watch it anyway.”

 

[SolarHawk]

That sentiment kept mounting. Log in, find nothing of interested, leave app for another. Then prices went up again and we just said “f it, we don’t watch it anyway.”

 

[millah_22]

I do miss ITYSL but like.. is that worth $20 a month?

 

[alaskanseminole]

I’m starting to question it. If I go to Netflix to look for something to watch, I get the same vibe as I used to when I’d flip through the $4.99 DVD bins at Walmart. Every once in awhile something you’ve seen or heard of, but mostly straight to video. I don’t know what we pay monthly but thinking about dropping it.

How about you?

Currently re-binging Cobra Kai with my son in prep for Season 6, so yes, it's worth it.

 

[SolarHawk]

I do miss ITYSL but like.. is that worth $20 a month?

I mean, is $20 really that much? Your mom doesn’t seem to think so😎

 

[millah_22]

I mean, is $20 really that much? Your mom doesn’t seem to think so😎

$240 a year to not watch that often? Kinda. I could use that $240 on a bunch of 100mg edibles

 

[funksouljon]

$240 a year to not watch that often? Kinda. I could use that $240 on a bunch of 100mg edibles

Thats like 150 edibles, how many do you need?

 

[millah_22]

Thats like 150 edibles, how many do you need?

All of them

 

[SolarHawk]

$240 a year to not watch that often? Kinda. I could use that $240 on a bunch of 100mg edibles

Listen, I’m not gonna judge you for being a poor. If you start a gofundme I got you boo.

 

[funksouljon]

Listen, I’m not gonna judge you for being a poor. If you start a gofundme I got you boo.

In this case, I think it's spelled beau.



beau
/bō/
noun

1. 1.
   a person's boyfriend or male admirer.

 

[millah_22]

Listen, I’m not gonna judge you for being a poor. If you start a gofundme I got you boo.

Saving up to buy that painting of your legs

 

[funksouljon]

Saving up to buy that painting of your legs

 

[hawkfan0319]

If any of you have Xfinity for cable, you can get Netflix, Peacock Premium amd Apple+ for $15/month starting on May 29th.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

If any of you have Xfinity for cable, you can get Netflix, Peacock Premium amd Apple+ for $15/month starting on May 29th.

For how long?

 

[hawkfan0319]

For how long?

There is no time frame on it. It does have the ads portion for Netflix, but you can pay a little higher for no ads, I believe.

https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-introduces-peacock-netflix-and-apple-tv-streaming-bundle

 

[luvmyhawks]

We rotate streaming services and I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do that. So for instance, when House of Dragons starts again in a few weeks, I’ll cancel Netflix and subscribe to HBO. Then after we’ve caught up on all of our HBO content, we’ll move onto something else. And in about a year we’ll be back to Netflix and there will be a bunch of good material built up while we were gone.

We are always subscribed to about two streaming services, but we are constantly changing which two.

God damn. How ****ing poor are you poors? All this to save $20?

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

I think we're going to start to see more "subscribe to Walmart+/Instacart/Uber Eats/etc. and get a free subscription to Peacock/Paramount/Max/etc." now that the boom years of streaming are over and people are trying to cut costs.

 

[MplsHawk]

We rotate streaming services and I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t do that. So for instance, when House of Dragons starts again in a few weeks, I’ll cancel Netflix and subscribe to HBO. Then after we’ve caught up on all of our HBO content, we’ll move onto something else. And in about a year we’ll be back to Netflix and there will be a bunch of good material built up while we were gone.

We are always subscribed to about two streaming services, but we are constantly changing which two.

I do this too. At one point I had Netflix, Max, Hulu, Disney, Peacock, Paramount and AppleTV all at the same time, in addition to Prime, and rarely found much to watch on most of them. Now I just keep Prime and maybe 1-2 of the rest of them at any given time, rotating which ones while I wait for new seasons of shows to come out.

 

[SolarHawk]

I think we're going to start to see more "subscribe to Walmart+/Instacart/Uber Eats/etc. and get a free subscription to Peacock/Paramount/Max/etc." now that the boom years of streaming are over and people are trying to cut costs.

Yeah for sure. There’s rumors Max and Disney are gonna offer a bundle. That’s all the evidence I need that streamers are struggling.

 

[HawkBall23]

For me it isn't so much the money of monthly/yearly subscription - its being held hostage and forced over a barrel if I want to watch traditional NFL games on the biggest, most well-known holiday of the year.

Same goes for being forced to sub to Peacock just to be able to watch all the Hawkeye football & basketball games.