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craftkilleryesterday at 8:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

At this point, I'm surprised the streaming services aren't grandfathering people into their current plan+rate like the cellular networks do. It would encourage people to keep their subscription active to keep their rate rather than cancelling it and signing up again when there is a specific show they want to watch, while also avoiding the price increase frustrations.

PS: Thanks for the reminder about the price increase, just cancelled my netflix.


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dylan604yesterday at 8:41 PM

I've been doing the "pause" option not just for Netflix but multiple streamers. Adding up all of the streaming subs totaled as much monthly as the cable bill I did away with which made sense when everything was on Netflix. Now each studio has their own platform with similar per month fees. There's not enough content to justify that much monthly expense.

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compsciphdyesterday at 8:40 PM

lots of cell phone services are no longer doing that either.