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[–] G4Z 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh really?

Well I cancelled mine, dunno what the rest of you are playing at!

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We also cancelled our (way back, as soon as news of this came out) and have been on the whatever-arr system off of a friend's server since.

But it really doesn't matter. Too many people doing the opposite. I'd have at least expected other services like HBO to see a surge, but instead, no, people are just loyal or some shit.

[–] HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Sshhh! We don’t talk about the cancelled subscriptions because that doesn’t reassure the shareholders. Yes, we lost two customers for every one we gained, but now you’re just trying to make us look bad..

😂

[–] JesusRat@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I call bullshit. Maybe a jump in new subscribers, but not a jump in overall subscribers. The Netflix catalog is pretty much garbage at this point anyway.

[–] noodle 6 points 1 year ago

Personally I don't use Netflix but I think this should serve as a reminder that the internet isn't a good barometer for real life opinions. You'd have thought Netflix was about to Blockbuster itself if you went off Reddit comments alone.

Anyway, the real question is how bad is their churn rate. If their numbers jumped up but only last a few months before cancelling, then this isn't really that great. They really want those numbers to stick.

[–] Spooner 6 points 1 year ago

I read somewhere that people were cancelling their subs, but people who had access to someones account, that was logged in on a device could just reactivate from said device. I bet they're measuring those numbers.

[–] snacks 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just downgraded my 4k to the middle SD tier and paid for the additional household with the difference. The picture and audio actually improved. HDR isn’t relevant and the 4K content you need a fully compliant screen and audio system which talks to its components properly. Apple 4k doesn’t talk to various AVR systems.

I’d wager that shows like friends and Seinfeld are constant rotation in many households, so it’s still good value.

[–] guriinii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The Netflix 4k is such a con. Even with a 200+mb connection it's barely 1080p.

[–] frazorth 2 points 1 year ago

I downgraded too as I really only have the subscription for my children and my parents when they have the kids, so two locations was more important than quality.

[–] tillimarleen@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Taking storytelling to a whole new level!

[–] mannycalavera 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there anything good on Netflix these days? I canceled lady year and never looked back.

[–] Mex 1 points 1 year ago

just enough shows to keep me for now, but it's close

[–] twinnie 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We cancelled. We got Disney Plus and we share my brother’s Amazon Prime and I realised that we hadn’t used Netflix in over a month. We’d opened it a few times and browsed for while before switching to another service.

Netflix is absolutely awful now, we would just spend an hour browsing just trying to find something tolerable. The last thing that was good was Squid Games, and that was only good not great.

Tiger King was fucking mint though.

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