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My Netflix bill is creeping up. I’m up to $13.99/month. Honestly I’m probably not going to keep it if it keeps creeping up.

• 6d6b73 9y ago
  There is this thing called inflation.. Things will get more expensive no matter what we do.
  • lev99 9y ago
    I'll be okay if the price increases moves at the same rate as inflation, but the price is increasing much faster.
• r00fus 9y ago
  Vs. a $50-100 cable TV bill that's still small potatoes. It's about the price of HBO but with a caveat that you definitely don't need a cable bundle to watch it.
  • lev99 9y ago
    We shouldn't be comparing Netflix to Cable TV, but comparing Netflix to Youtube, Twitch, Prime Video, Hulu, etc. Cable TV has such a high price because it includes both a network and content. Netflix should only be compared to entities that do not own networks.
    • r00fus 9y ago
      Why? Hell I watch less CableTV than I watch Netflix. I consequently value Netflix despite paying less.
      • vkou 9y ago
        When you pay for cable, your $60/month bill pays for programming, as well as the wires that deliver your television to your home. When you pay for Netflix, your $13/month bill does not pay for the wires that deliver your television to your home.
        • lev99 9y ago
          > (me) Netflix should only be compared to entities that do not own networks.. > (vkou) When you pay for cable, your $60/month bill pays for programming, as well as the wires that deliver your television to your home. Vkou's rephrasing is precisely correct. Home phones are also $20-$60/month because operating a wired network really is that expensive. Many people I know that use cable/satellite TV either have low home bandwidth or have a home bandwidth cap. A standard home datacap is 300gb/month. The average American watches 5 hours of tv a day [0], or 500+gb/month (at HD). [0]https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/average-american-watches-5-hours-tv-day-article-1.1711954 https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/average-american-watc...
        • r00fus 9y ago
          What if I told you I did most of my watching through my iPhone on T-Mobile. And that it's about $23 ($230 for 10 lines) for that line, and data is fully subsidized (480p but hey, it's a smartphone screen res). Yeah, technically you're correct, I should include internet of my cable portion, but it's also doing about a dozen other things for me, too, so lets be generous and say it's $60 data/10 uses = that's an additional $6 just for Netflix. So < $20 for Netflix for my family.
  • dragonwriter 9y ago
    > Vs. a $50-100 cable TV bill that's still small potatoes Netflix is more comparable to a single premium cable channel than a Cable TV subscription.