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Netflix confirms it’s cutting off Apple billing for grandfathered subscribers (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Netflix confirms it’s cutting off Apple billing for grandfathered subscribers::Netflix legacy subscribers who’ve been paying through Apple’s payments system will now have to switch to paying Netflix directly.

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Netflix has no problem raising the prices for everyone regardless. Let's not pretend that Netflix is a good company, they've been shittifying their service for years now.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

I didn't imply they are a good company - but that's simply how prices work. If the revenue for some customers is smaller, either those customers will have to pay more, or (if they're not allowed to specifically increase prices for that group, as is the case here) all customers will have to pay more.

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is there any reason why you're being anti-consumer and anti-user by being facetious, or was that just a bit of contrarian pretention?

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No I'm actually extremely pro consumer; stop supporting abusive companies and go find alternative means of obtaining whatever it is you want to watch.

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I'm want Apple to keep it's walled garden to spite the publishers".

That's you. Yes, it does sound that dumb.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

That’s a disingenuous statement. You could always subscribe to Netflix outside of Apple.

Apple isn’t the only only digital store that charges fees. Don’t hear anyone bitching about Steam.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is there a reason you’re being a sesquipedalian? Netflix profits are up over 50% since the start of the year - and this is with Apple taking their piece of the pie.

Do you think Netflix will lower their prices after they remove legacy pricing from the Apple Store? I own Netflix stock, so by all means, blame Apple.