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Netflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UK
(www.engadget.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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There are no "ads" on netflix though? Are you calling "here are shows that you can watch on the streaming service that you're paying for" ads?
I still don't understand your sign up issue. Were you trying to sign up on a TV? There are no "ad tracking requirements" for any of their apps that run on a tv.
There are. That's part of the whole point of their current payment plan system and its new business model.
It wasn't a signup issue, it was a usability issue. For whatever reason, their new ad-based system introduced a bunch of tech requirements that meant stream options were all of a sudden limited, in a way, very conspicuously, no other streaming platform I've used is. In my situation, every other streaming platform could be played on my tv in some way. For Netflix though, that was either impossible or prohibitively difficult. This was on the ad plan. I'm not even sure if the ad-free plan would have been better, because all the limitations seemed to stem from the tech stack they were using.