{"id":100899,"date":"2020-10-30T04:38:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T01:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/netflix-just-made-its-best-two-plans-a-bit-more-expensive\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T04:38:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T01:38:20","slug":"netflix-just-made-its-best-two-plans-a-bit-more-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflix-just-made-its-best-two-plans-a-bit-more-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"#Netflix just made its best two plans a bit more expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Netflix just made its best two plans a bit more expensive<\/strong>”
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\n You\u2019ll soon have to spend a few more Washingtons to watch your favorite Netflix content in the US.<\/p>\n

The standard plan \u2014 HD resolution, with up to two simultaneous streams \u2014 is going up from $13 a month to $14 a month. If you\u2019re fancy and use the premium 4K tier, you\u2019ll now have to pay $18 instead of $16. The basic 480p tier\u2019s pricing remains the same, at $9 a month.<\/p>\n

The price hike is effective immedia<\/a>tely for new signups in the US, while current subscribers should see the price reflected on their upcoming bills. People in other regions shouldn\u2019t necessarily worry their prices will go up though; Netflix told The Verge<\/a> that a price change in the US \u201cdoes not influence or indicate a global price change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say the price hike is surprising; Netflix is investing a ton in original content, and it\u2019s been steadily increasing its prices accordingly (the last increase was in early 2019). A dollar or two a month might not seem like much, but at a time in which comprehensively keeping up with the\u00a0Golden Age of TV<\/a> means being subscribed to Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, App<\/a>le TV+, HBO Max, Peacock, CBS All Access, and more, and those dollars quickly add up \u2014 god forbid you\u2019re signed up for plain old cable as well. At least you don\u2019t have to worry about something good showing up on Quibi and having to pay for that as well.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Netflix is still the biggest player in streaming subscriptions, and its clout means it can afford to ask people to pay a couple more bucks without offending too many subscribers. It\u2019s certainly not as jarring as when YouTube TV raised its monthly price by a whopping $15.<\/p>\n

If you really want to feel bad about how much you\u2019re paying for streaming, you should see my colleague Yaron Yitzhak\u2019s breakdown of how much money you could\u2019ve made if you\u2019d invested in Netflix stock instead of paying for a subscription\u00a0all these years.<\/p>\n

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\n Published October 30, 2020 \u2014 01:38 UTC\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n