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Angry Netflix users have threatened to cancel their accounts as the streaming service announced it would raise its prices for millions of UK customers.
Users will now face a monthly fee of up to £17.99 to access the service – an increase of £2 per month.
Movie fans criticized the decision, calling Netflix “greedy.”
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), users criticized Netflix for providing a worse service at a higher cost, claiming that the streaming service is full of “filler content.”
Others threatened to resort to illegal streaming sites, or digital piracy, in response to Netflix’s decision.
Angry Netflix users have threatened to cancel their accounts as the streaming service announced it would raise its prices for millions of UK customers
Film fans have criticized the decision to increase subscription prices in the UK, with some calling Netflix “greedy”.
Netflix has announced that ad-free Premium subscriptions will be £17.99 in the UK, £2 a month higher, while the Basic plan will increase by £1 a month to £7.99.
The company also says it’s raising the price of its most expensive streaming service by $2 to $23 per month in the US — a 10% increase — and its lowest-priced ad-free streaming plan to $12 — another $2 hike.
On X, many commenters say that this price increase was the straw that broke the camel’s back in their decision to leave the service.
I think it’s time to cancel. One user said that the price hike again for the reduced service is not worth it.
“This is the third time in two years they’ve increased prices. I’m officially canceling. Netflix has been real,” one commenter added, while another said: “Netflix is getting greedy again.”
One commenter even joked that Netflix should “hurry up the final season of Stranger Things so I can cancel this.”
Some commenters on X went further, angrily expressing their frustration that the quality of content on Netflix isn’t worth the asking price.
“F*** Netflix,” one X user wrote angrily.
“Another price hike? For what, a bunch of content stuffing.”
Another X user offered his step-by-step reasons why other customers should leave the service:
‘1. Netflix 99% ***. 2. The 1% of things worth your time can be watched over the course of one month every year.
‘3. Cancel Netflix, subscribe for one month per year, and get everything you want for $22.99. 4. Buy tickets to independent films with the money you save.’
Frustrated customers say they are no longer willing to pay an increased price for Netflix’s streaming service
While some Netflix customers were content to cancel their subscriptions and miss out on streaming service content, many suggested they would turn to illegal streaming to fill the void.
Many fans made a cheeky reference to Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film series, sharing photos of Johnny Depp as pirate captain Jack Sparrow, in reference to digital piracy and the notorious illegal streaming site The Pirate Bay.
“Back to the seas we go,” suggested one X user, while another wrote cryptically: “Yo ho, yo ho.”
As streaming services rise in price or offer ads in low-cost subscriptions, digital piracy rates are on the rise.
Research from Muso published this year found that movie piracy increased by 38.6 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, while visits to piracy sites for TV content increased by 8.8 percent, bringing total visits to 215 billion visits.
Some angry movie fans have taken to social media to encourage others to quit, citing the low quality of content on the platform as the main reason.
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