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From: Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: I have just been moved, involuntarily, to Netflix's ad tier
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Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:54:33 -0400
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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