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Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: I have just been moved, involuntarily, to Netflix's ad tier Followup-To: rec.arts.tv Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:54:33 -0400 Organization: At River's End Lines: 68 Message-ID: <v8tgth$1lp8m$1@dont-email.me> References: <lhddg6F10etU1@mid.individual.net> <v8rveg$16ve0$4@dont-email.me> <lhdei0F14jjU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:53:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="efa1ec19921f690ddf3a32b3fe7221e4"; logging-data="1762582"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1++ZsuyM9r/daJwh/ZVzSbn" User-Agent: KNode/4.3.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:dEwzWQtZTJ3G23VU2uWHtu7xLLc= Bytes: 2981 Robin Miller wrote: > 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 APPLAUSE!!!! IMHO, that was *exactly* the right thing to do. Hit 'em where it hurts: in the pocketbook and subscription numbers. Nyssa, who likes the idea of fighting back