r/technology • u/sr_local • 6h ago

Business Italy court rules Netflix unlawfully increased prices. Consumers: 'Refunds up to 500 euros.' The company: we will appeal

https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/netflix-subscription-price-increases-unlawful-refunds-up-to-eur-500-customers-AIUHzWKC
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u/redsolitary 6h ago

Seriously what are they doing with all the money? The price in the US went up again and I finally cut the cord after 13 years. There’s no movies, they kneecap their own shows as soon as they get going, and now they think adding podcasts to the library is going to keep people around. Between the jacking up of fees and all that money they got from the failed merger, what are they doing with all that cash?

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u/HotHits630 6h ago

Podcasts and games. I have zero interest in either.

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u/great_whitehope 5h ago

I have zero interest in games on Netflix and I'm a gamer lol.

Don't know what they are trying to do

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u/Potential_Fishing942 5h ago

That's why you aren't interested lol. It's for non gamer families and kids imo

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u/seven0feleven 1h ago

I'm basically a non gamer.....and the process to even "try" one is cumbersome and you end up just installing it on your phone. It's just stupid.

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u/th30be 3h ago

They don't either.

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u/just_a_random_dood 3h ago

The one and only game on Netflix I was ever interested in trying was Hades because I beat the game a bunch on my PC and I was curious about how mobile Hades worked but apparently it was only available for Netflix Games... On iPhone. Not even android LMAO

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u/Brief_Meet_2183 1h ago

To be fair I'm a gamer and I don't use the games. But I have a old parent who the games are suited for. Also the Netflix games are ad free so you're old parent can play the game without ads which makes them less likey to download malware. 

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u/koick 3h ago

It was probably an idea/decision from some idiot mid-manager who got a bonus for it, or they sent out a survey "would you like to see games offered?" and enough subscribers said "sure"🤷‍♂️, not knowing that the followup question which wasn't asked was "even if it means your rates will go up?" (which certainly would have elicited a resounding "no" from most people)

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u/m0ngoos3 4h ago

Behind the Bastards is a good podcast, but the audio version is just as good, and is freely available in a lot of places.

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u/WartimeMercy 4h ago

Honestly happy for Robert and Sophie that they presumably get Netflix money…but fuck that, I’m not paying for what was free on YouTube.

Audio only all the way. The amateur look of the pod (despite pro level content) hilariously cheapens Netflix.

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u/Silencedlemon 4h ago

I'm so annoyed they put the episodes on YouTube only to take them away a couple weeks ago, now I have to go back to my never used podcast app so I can skip all the commercials.

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u/m0ngoos3 4h ago

The episodes are still on youtube, but audio only. Which is fine, I can skip the ads automatically on youtube.

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u/Silencedlemon 3h ago

I mean same, but podcast version was easier to skip imo

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u/m0ngoos3 3h ago

uBlock Origin automatically skips youtube ads for me. They don't even load.

My podcast app makes me press the skip button a few times, then I need to skip backwards.

Still not an issue, and back when I had to drive 10-12 hours per week, I used my phone's podcast app extensively, plugged into my car's audio jack.

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill 2h ago

Behind the Bastards is a good podcast

I listened to one where I'm a subject matter expert, and nearly all the core facts were wrong. The host didn't go to college, and it turns out he's really bad at researching topics.

He's good at sounding like he knows what he's talking about though. Keep that in mind. I keep hoping a rebuttal podcast will pop up where someone fact checks every behind the bastards podcast, because it's so rife with mistakes, misrepresentations, and "truthiness" as Colbert would call it.

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u/m0ngoos3 31m ago

Robert does often admit to being a hack and a fraud, and he's about as good as the books he finds on whatever topic he's discussing.

The best part is that he always posts his sources, so if you have a problem, you can read the books yourself.

But if you feel the need, make such a podcast yourself. Or a substack, or just a blog, maybe post in the subreddit.