Netflix launches cheaper extra members subscription with a catch
Netflix announced the launch of a new extra members option. Standard and Premium subscribers may add extra members to their account for a discounted price. These members do not have to live with the primary account owner.
Each slot gives the extra member access to the entire Netflix library without ads. Netflix has now launched a second option to add extra members. This one, you guessed it, comes with ads.
The details:
- Extra members with ads is cheaper, but ads are shown.
- In Germany, subscribers pay €3.99 instead of €4.99 per month for each extra members slot. That's about a $1 difference.
- The new option is rolling out in other regions as well, including the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada.
Netflix Standard or Premium subscribers have two options now when it comes to extra member slots:
- Pay the regular price so that the extra member can watch Netflix without ads.
- Pay a little bit less, which means that the extra member gets Netflix with ads.
Netflix with ads offers a limited experience when compared to the ad-free options. The company does not reveal that on the sign up page, but only on a support page.
There, Netflix admits that "all but a few movies and TV shows" are available. Netflix does not say which titles are not available though.
Extra member accounts are also limited in other regards:
- Netflix can be watched on a single device at the same time.
- Downloads are allowed, but only to one phone or tablet at a time.
- Only one profile can be created.
Not an attractive option
The new extra members with ads option does not look too attractive on first and also second glance. For 1 Euro less per month, your extra member has to endure ads on Netflix. This comes next to all the other disadvantages of ad-powered plans, such as that some content is not available.
It becomes stranger even when you compare the price of Standard with Standard with ads. The former costs €13.99 in Germany currently, the ad-powered version €4.99. That's almost a third of the costs.
Adding an extra money with an ad-free slot costs €4.99 in Germany, while the ad-powered version is available for €3.99. That's a great deal for Netflix, which appears to earn a lot from advertising on its platform. Not so great of a deal for users on the other hand.
Closing Words
All in all, this does not look like it will become a homerun for Netflix. It may be different in other regions and countries, if the price difference is larger.
Dear Netflix subscribers, cancel Netflix – save time, save money, reduce stress. Take back your life. Go out, meet people (you first have to get rid of that smartphone), visit family, friends. Take a pet to the park. Feed the pigeons. Stare at the sun, the clouds, the people. It’s a whole different world out there than staring at it from a couch. Above all: Stop using drugs.
I personally suggest you go out and buy a book. Any book! Just avoid Netflix.
Why would any thinking being try to get into contact with humans ? Have you ever met any ? I doubt that, otherwise you’d know, to better stay away from these vicious, dangerous, unpredictable, irrational, violent animals.
I also don’t fest on pigeons … too many parasites and staring at the sun will permanently damage your retina. So you shouldn’t do that either, unless you wanna go blind and thus fully Euler.
So most of your advice is incredibly dangerous, and should not be followed for the sheer sake of avoiding self-harm
BTW, what is this “book” thing you are talking about ? And why should I need one ? I assume you mean a MacBook … I don’t buy Apple .. they are just too expensive and sort of a cult. Another bad advice.
“Fest on pigeons”? Not what the guy wrote. Interpretive skills are as bad as your rant and state of mind.
How are people okay with paying for things and still getting ads? The fact that this manages to reel people in is baffling.