Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices::Finding new subscribers in a saturated streaming video market isn’t easy. And with legacy media companies desperate to recoup revenue declines in their linear TV businesses, the cost of your monthly plan is likely to keep rising.

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    11 months ago

    Why? You realize if everyone torrents there will be nothing to torrent, right?

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      11 months ago

      Everyone torrented in the 00’s, and Netflix was born from that.

      No way they’ll let the whole market crash before trying to get some customers back.

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      11 months ago

      Lol no. That’s not how an economy works. When you sell less of a thing you then have to adjust price to make it favorable again. Companies aren’t just going to say “If we can’t charge $350 a month we might as well just turn off this massive money machine.” No, they will charge $200 and accept making less money over making no money.

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        11 months ago

        That’s not how an economy works.

        You’re correct. Theft has nothing to do with the economy.

        No, they will charge $200 and accept making less money

        It doesn’t matter what they charge when everyone steals it for $0.

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          11 months ago

          You’re correct. Theft has nothing to do with the economy.

          Ummm theft, aka shrink, is very much a part of any business.

          Hiring theft prevention is an entire field of work around this very concept. How can you say theft has nothing to do with the economy when there is an entire industry around theft prevention…

          It doesn’t matter what they charge when everyone steals it for $0.

          You missed the part where people stop stealing if the price is reasonable. It’s the reason why pirating went way down when Netflix first came out. People are willing to pay, not be taken advantage of. Are you not reading these comments, people saying they will pirate if there is another hike? There is clearly a line, if they cross it then they lose customers.

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            11 months ago

            You missed the part where people stop stealing if the price is reasonable.

            LOL “reasonable” according to whom?

            God the fucking galle you must have to say “ah that’s too expensive to pay for so I’ll just steal it! And if they bring the price back down I’ll totally pay for it out of the kindness of my little heart because I’m just such an ethical person!”

            Stop lying, you’re not paying for shit.