{"id":2354512,"date":"2026-04-01T17:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2354512"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:25:47","slug":"netflix-raised-prices-again-and-streaming-services-should-be-worried-about-my-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/netflix-raised-prices-again-and-streaming-services-should-be-worried-about-my-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Raised Prices Again, And Streaming Services Should Be Worried About My Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix logo<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I got an email this morning from Netflix letting me know they\u2019re raising the price of my plan next month. To my surprise, I felt nothing. I wasn\u2019t surprised. I wasn\u2019t mad. I didn\u2019t fire off an angry tweet. I didn\u2019t even mention it to my wife. I just moved on with my day because in 2026, this is just what it means to subscribe to streaming services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the beginning of 2025, I paid $15.49 per month for Netflix without ads. Then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/course-internet-thoughts-netflix-announces-163717100.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the price changed to $17.99 per month;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the price changed to $17.99 per month&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the price changed to $17.99 per month<\/a>. Now it\u2019s changing on May 1st to $19.99 per month. A year or two from now, it\u2019ll be $21.99 per month. Then it\u2019ll be $24.99 per month. Some day sooner than we\u2019d like to admit, it\u2019ll be $29.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It might sound like I\u2019m specifically calling out Netflix, but I could have just as easily used one of the other streaming services as the pricing example. When I first subscribed to Peacock in 2022, it was $5.00 a month for the ad-free option. Now, if you want Peacock without ads, it\u2019s $16.99 a month. In 2018, Amazon Prime was $99 a year, and all the content was ad-free. Now it\u2019s $139 a year, plus there\u2019s an upcharge if you want to remove the ads from content. Pick <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/paramount-following-taylor-sheridan-exit-103000858.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:whatever premium streaming service you want to talk about;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;whatever premium streaming service you want to talk about&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">whatever premium streaming service you want to talk about<\/a>, and chances are <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/same-week-slew-users-canceled-143149586.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the price has gone up somewhere between 40% and 100% over the last five years.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the price has gone up somewhere between 40% and 100% over the last five years.&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the price has gone up somewhere between 40% and 100% over the last five years.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I used to get really angry every single time the price of one of these services changed. I\u2019d complain to my friends or write an article talking about how frustrated I was. It really bothered me because I felt like I was getting ripped off, but that\u2019s not the case anymore. Now, I think, well, this is just how it goes with streaming services. That radical acceptance might sound like a good thing for streamers, but it should actually be very worrying. You know why? Because the last time I felt this exact same way was when I finally got rid of cable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I can\u2019t imagine a more loyal cable subscriber than me. I rolled my eyes every single time someone said they cut the cord. I was convinced I\u2019d find a way to keep subscribing to one of the major providers for the next hundred years from beyond the grave, but then the ridiculous charges just started coming one after another. An extra fee for HD. An extra fee to have cable in multiple rooms. Plans that forced me to pay for MTV 2 and ESPN News if I wanted other channels in the same tier. Price hikes in order to prevent outages of network TV stations I was supposed to be getting for free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For years, I got really upset every single time my bill jumped from $101 a month to $106 a month to $111 a month. I\u2019d call and argue with the cable company and ask them to put me on a promo rate to knock a few bucks off the tab. Sometimes it would work. Sometimes it wouldn\u2019t. But as the bill got closer and closer to $200 a month, I stopped fighting. I just quietly accepted a few more increases before my wife and I talked and called UVerse to unsubscribe. I wasn\u2019t interested in their pleas to keep me or promises of discounted rates for six months. I was done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Well, that\u2019s how I\u2019m starting to feel about streaming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are a lot of customers who (smartly) play the promo game. They subscribe and unsubscribe and hopscotch between all the major streamers so they\u2019re always on some kind of cheap, introductory rate. That\u2019s not me. I\u2019m part of the silent majority that just quietly subscribes with no plan to bail. I am exactly what companies want out of a subscriber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I have YouTube TV, plus all the major streamers. I don\u2019t mind paying a premium for access to entertainment options, but I\u2019m starting to get worn down. It\u2019s two dollars here and two dollars there, only to discover deep cut content I enjoy is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/streaming-news\/all-the-hbo-max-original-movies-and-shows-that-have-been-removed-from-the-platform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:being removed to save money on residuals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;being removed to save money on residuals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">being removed to save money on residuals<\/a>. It\u2019s another two dollars here and another two dollars there, only to discover <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/100412901\/type\/dlg\/sid\/cinemablendyahoo-us-3679186144787966133\/https:\/\/help.netflix.com\/en\/node\/126831\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ad-free doesn\u2019t apply to certain kinds of programming;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ad-free doesn\u2019t apply to certain kinds of programming&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ad-free doesn\u2019t apply to certain kinds of programming<\/a>. It\u2019s another two dollars here and another two dollars there, only to see relatively popular shows I like get cancelled because they\u2019re not driving new sign-ups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019m tired and feel like I\u2019m being taken advantage of, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/netflixs-ted-sarandos-hoping-trillion-171257653.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:especially considering Netflix is bragging about record profits;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;especially considering Netflix is bragging about record profits&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">especially considering Netflix is bragging about record profits<\/a>. I feel exactly like I did before I cancelled cable. That should scare every major streaming service because they should be wondering how many other core subscribers are just like me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Netflix logo I got an email this morning from Netflix letting me know they\u2019re raising the price of my plan next month. To my surprise, I felt nothing. I wasn\u2019t surprised. I wasn\u2019t mad. 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