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> I'd pay for one month of Netflix every two years instead of monthly, without question. I can imagine that in this case Netflix would just have to change the
by wolfgke 8y ago
> I'd pay for one month of Netflix every two years instead of monthly, without question.
I can imagine that in this case Netflix would just have to change the price model somewhat: Make the first month much more expensive than the following ones to give a disincentive for canceling the subscription. At least this pricing model is applied by many software companies who love to sell subscriptions for their software.
- joshuamorton 8y agoI'm sure Netflix would have seen explosive growth if it required 1 year, $100+ contracts, and that's assuming content producers would have been okay with it (they wouldn't have). Sure they could have used a different business model, but had they, we wouldn't be talking about Netflix.
- CJefferson 8y agoBut, that would I imagine be terrible for Netflix -- their cheap monthly price encourages people to sign up on a whim. I suspect very few people would sign up if the first month had been much more expensive.
- nybble41 8y agoThey could keep the cheap monthly price for first-time subscribers, and just make it so that if you cancel and want to sign back up later you're charged for all the months in between.