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Re:Netflix to raise prices by 13% to 18% by bryanlarsen on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:11AM (#18911636)
What's the alternative? IMO Apple's season pass was a great idea. $10 a month can either buy you two shows you want and a 1000 you don't (Netflix et al) or it can buy you 4 shows you want. (season pass).

But consumers have spoken and season pass is a failure.

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Re:Netflix to raise prices by 13% to 18% by dexterdog on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:17AM (#18911678)
Maybe that's because $2.50/mo/show is too much. Also, paying by the show doesn't give you the ability to check out a show on a recommendation that you may or may not want to really watch.
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Re:Netflix to raise prices by 13% to 18% by bryanlarsen on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:32AM (#18911831)
That's a lot cheaper than cable for most people. People pay > $100/month for cable, which would pay for 30 - 40 shows from Season Pass. How many people actively watch more than 30-40 shows?
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Re:Netflix to raise prices by 13% to 18% by opencl on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:19AM (#18911694)
Season passes are still readily available to purchase from multiple vendors. Amazon, Apple, Google, and Steam at least all sell them.
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Re:Netflix to raise prices by 13% to 18% by ng-user on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:12PM (#18913387)
Plex/Torrenting.
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