<story><title>Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable</title><url>https://www.interneteconomist.com/netflix-and-cable-prices/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pnathan</author><text>After having sampled Disney+, HBOMax, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime a fair bit in the past year, my take is that Netflix has the UX nailed. I can, for instance, &amp;quot;thumbs down&amp;quot; a recommendation. Some offerings I never want to see. Their catalog tends to the darker themes, and I&amp;#x27;m not fond of that.&lt;p&gt;Hulu and Amazon Prime are mostly irrelevant to me.  I&amp;#x27;ll probably axe the Hulu sub.&lt;p&gt;HBO has a few things I like. Disney+ targets the kids&amp;#x2F;family&amp;#x2F;lighter theme demographic tightly.&lt;p&gt;I think that the general provider landscape is a bit overdone; some consolidation would be welcomed by consumers, and any competitor that falls behind in offerings will crash exponentially.</text></item><item><author>samwillis</author><text>While I don&amp;#x27;t entirely agree with you I do think the price of Netflix is getting a little higher than the value we personally get out of it. Our personal breakdown this year (in the UK):&lt;p&gt;Adults in the house, we are quite picky but if we love it then we will keep watching:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Netflix @£9.99: 2 tv shows, 4-5 films 
  Apple TV+ @£4.99: 3 tv shows, 2 films
  Disney Plus @£7.99: 1 tv show, Loads of movies
  Amazon Prime @£7.99: 3 tv shows, quite a few films, plus &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; shipping!
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Kids (3 and 7):&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Netflix: They watch quite quite allot but we don&amp;#x27;t give them free access even to the kids profile (*see note)
  Apple TV+: Only 1 tv show, but haven&amp;#x27;t really explored.
  Disney Plus: All of it, I think they have &amp;quot;completed&amp;quot; it!...
  Amazon Prime: None
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Disney is by far the best value for money for us as a family, Apple TV+ for us grownups is best value. I don&amp;#x27;t think we would get rid of any but Netflix is probably now the least value.&lt;p&gt;Point is, Netflix know from their retention metrics that you only need a couple of shows that a customer loves to keep them subscribed. Add in some content to amuse their kids and it&amp;#x27;s a done deal.&lt;p&gt;*Note: &lt;i&gt;Netflix seems to still show image for adult shows in search results in the kids profile even if not available when clicked on, some of this images can be quite aggressive. Hence not giving the kids free access&lt;/i&gt;</text></item><item><author>discardable_dan</author><text>I said this again recently, but it&amp;#x27;s worth repeating: Netflix is on the very fast downward slope. Their catalog is wilting, the space is heating up with well-established competitors moving in and serving the precise content that Netflix originally built their brand on, and their efforts to fund a new catalog with new IP (and taking ownership of old IP) is destroying the business model that made them so appealing in the first place. The writing is very nearly on the wall. At one point, long ago, the Netflix CEO (?) said they were trying to become HBO before HBO became them. And, frankly, they failed. They are still the industry leader, but only for a moment.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sedatk</author><text>UX is a night and day difference between Netflix and its competitors. It&amp;#x27;s mind-boggling that the giants like Disney and HBO can&amp;#x27;t even get close. It&amp;#x27;s especially more noticeable on slow devices like Smart TV&amp;#x27;s.</text></comment>
<story><title>Netflix’s Prices Are Rising Faster Than Cable</title><url>https://www.interneteconomist.com/netflix-and-cable-prices/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pnathan</author><text>After having sampled Disney+, HBOMax, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime a fair bit in the past year, my take is that Netflix has the UX nailed. I can, for instance, &amp;quot;thumbs down&amp;quot; a recommendation. Some offerings I never want to see. Their catalog tends to the darker themes, and I&amp;#x27;m not fond of that.&lt;p&gt;Hulu and Amazon Prime are mostly irrelevant to me.  I&amp;#x27;ll probably axe the Hulu sub.&lt;p&gt;HBO has a few things I like. Disney+ targets the kids&amp;#x2F;family&amp;#x2F;lighter theme demographic tightly.&lt;p&gt;I think that the general provider landscape is a bit overdone; some consolidation would be welcomed by consumers, and any competitor that falls behind in offerings will crash exponentially.</text></item><item><author>samwillis</author><text>While I don&amp;#x27;t entirely agree with you I do think the price of Netflix is getting a little higher than the value we personally get out of it. Our personal breakdown this year (in the UK):&lt;p&gt;Adults in the house, we are quite picky but if we love it then we will keep watching:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Netflix @£9.99: 2 tv shows, 4-5 films 
  Apple TV+ @£4.99: 3 tv shows, 2 films
  Disney Plus @£7.99: 1 tv show, Loads of movies
  Amazon Prime @£7.99: 3 tv shows, quite a few films, plus &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; shipping!
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Kids (3 and 7):&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Netflix: They watch quite quite allot but we don&amp;#x27;t give them free access even to the kids profile (*see note)
  Apple TV+: Only 1 tv show, but haven&amp;#x27;t really explored.
  Disney Plus: All of it, I think they have &amp;quot;completed&amp;quot; it!...
  Amazon Prime: None
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
Disney is by far the best value for money for us as a family, Apple TV+ for us grownups is best value. I don&amp;#x27;t think we would get rid of any but Netflix is probably now the least value.&lt;p&gt;Point is, Netflix know from their retention metrics that you only need a couple of shows that a customer loves to keep them subscribed. Add in some content to amuse their kids and it&amp;#x27;s a done deal.&lt;p&gt;*Note: &lt;i&gt;Netflix seems to still show image for adult shows in search results in the kids profile even if not available when clicked on, some of this images can be quite aggressive. Hence not giving the kids free access&lt;/i&gt;</text></item><item><author>discardable_dan</author><text>I said this again recently, but it&amp;#x27;s worth repeating: Netflix is on the very fast downward slope. Their catalog is wilting, the space is heating up with well-established competitors moving in and serving the precise content that Netflix originally built their brand on, and their efforts to fund a new catalog with new IP (and taking ownership of old IP) is destroying the business model that made them so appealing in the first place. The writing is very nearly on the wall. At one point, long ago, the Netflix CEO (?) said they were trying to become HBO before HBO became them. And, frankly, they failed. They are still the industry leader, but only for a moment.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yskchu</author><text>I agree with you that the Netflix  UI is superb for browsing, however I have one major gripe - on Android TV they broke the back button.&lt;p&gt;I had to hardcode a kill app shortcut just for them.&lt;p&gt;For all other android tv apps that I have been using so far, the back button works normally, exiting the app at the topmost layer. However, repeated clicks of the back button in netflix UI just re-triggers the menu - part of their dark patterns to make it harder to quit the app...</text></comment>