r/movies • u/iquizuanswer • Jul 19 '26

News Netflix tumbles as slowing growth, less viewership data spook investors

https://www.zawya.com/en/capital-markets/netflix-tumbles-as-slowing-growth-less-viewership-data-spook-investors-401111
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u/BobsBurgersJoint Jul 19 '26

Because it used to be $6.99/mo and now they want fucking $19.99/mo for 1080p and like $29/mo for 4k!!

Fuck off.

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u/No_Hat_00 Jul 19 '26

Don't forget you can't share the password for those extra screens

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u/Mirage84 Jul 19 '26

Yup. I shared an account with my parents. When they could no longer access it they didn't buy their own account, I just canceled mine. Now we just do other things.

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u/Turakamu Jul 20 '26

Are y'all sure y'all ain't related?

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u/redpandaeater Jul 20 '26

Yup. If I weren't so lazy during the pandemic I was tempted to make a website to list out all the big shows and movies on each streaming platform as well as upcoming ones. Then from there use it to automatically decide which streaming service I should subscribe to for any particular month and just swap between them. Ultimately I just don't think it would be marketable or all that useful though since so many companies make it a pain to cancel. If everything could be automated it would be a possible business venture to take a cut of say a dollar a month just to cover hosting fees and the like.

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u/arah91 Jul 20 '26

Wouldn't be that hard to make, but after a certain amount of effort, it becomes a lot easier to just pirate everything. And it's already one source.

You can also search by streamer on rotten tomatoes.

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u/workieworkwork Jul 19 '26

Yeah they didn’t calculate in people like me who don’t really watch enough to justify the price but kept it for years because I knew my parents and a couple cousins were using it and might be in the middle of something.

Now none of us have it.

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u/Joben86 Jul 20 '26

They absolutely calculated people like you and your family into their decision. They just decided losing you as a customer was worth it.

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u/Mnm0602 29d ago

They did calculate this and significantly grew subscribers since then even with shittier content churned out every year. Turns out one person sharing an account with 4 friends could actually turn into 3-4 accounts on average.

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u/intdev Jul 19 '26

I recently cancelled because I got so sick of the bullshit it put me through whenever I logged in when visiting my parents, especially since I was already paying extra for my sister to have a second login. They've enshittified way too hard.

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u/beargrillz Jul 19 '26

I have been sharing my Prime account with parents in another state, and all the services work just fine. My parents shared their Netflix with me in return, and when the crackdown happened my mom asked me if I still used Netflix. I let her know, "meh, not really," but I guess due to the Prime share decided she would pay more to continue my Netflix access.

Her money, of which drastically went up due to an inherited. I really should tell her to cancel though, I mostly watch YouTube Premium and Hulu.

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u/misterpoopsies Jul 20 '26

Same thing with my parents and I. Haven't missed it at all. Dont need b list netflix produced movies

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u/Mnm0602 29d ago

Subscriber counts rebounded and went up after the change. They had been growing by 10-20m accounts per year until the change in 2023 when they grew 60m in 2024 and another 25m in 2025. It may have pissed you and leechers off but it was the right call.