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From: Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: I have just been moved, involuntarily, to Netflix's ad tier
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 22:02:38 -0400
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Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> So I just received an e-mail from Netflix saying the following:
> 
>> (it's actually a four-line e-mail that says almost nothing but expands
>> to this when I copy it. How do they do that?)
> 
>> Hi cmplxgal,
> 
>> We hope you're enjoying everything Netflix has to offer, and we want to
>> make sure you know about some changes ahead.
> 
>> What you need to know:
> 
>> Your Basic plan is being discontinued, and your new $6.99 Standard with
>> ads plan automatically begins on your next billing date, September 6.
> 
> Wow
> 
>> Your new plan includes:
> 
> advertising
> 
>> A few short ads: Designed to not interrupt you during a scene - and no
>> ads on Kids profiles.
> 
> When I watch inserted ads, they can't even get them into an episode of a
> tv series during the ad breaks between acts. Yeah, the ads won't be
> intrusive, snarf.
> 
>> . . .
> 
>> I have been debating whether to cancel my Netflix subscription, as I
>> haven't watched anything there for a while, and this makes for an easy
>> decision. I knew this was coming, as Netflix announced its intentions a
>> while ago. I refuse to watch ads, so I will cancel now and come back for
>> a month if there's something I particularly want to watch. There are
>> several shows that I wished would release new seasons, but none of them
>> ever did.
> 
> Good.
> 
> Cancel with extreme prejudice
> 


Already done!

And I was a subscriber for 8 years, the site says. But fuck this.

--Robin