Variety has reported that analysts believe Netflix will again raise their subscription fees, and my response to the last hike was to cancel and to plan to only subscribe for three months per year using a discounted gift card or gift card offer that includes extra Air Miles or Optimum points.
This year I think i’ll subscribe either from mid-October to mid-January or mid-November to Mid-February, when holiday programming is full blast on television because i’m not a big fan of that.
Hopefully this would coincide with the release of the last season of Stranger Things and other programs I can binge watch. But I still wonder if COVID’s impacts on production and the recent writer’s strike will cause a shortage of content at the end of this year.
I routinely browse Amazon.ca upcoming blu-ray releases to determine what might pop up later and it looks somewhat encouraging. But I know I will probably not be interested in what they’ll have to offer until next winter, unless they’re planning to release something from Europe that could be promising; I was surprised by Trapped (an Icelandic detective series) and Dark (a sci-fi series from Germany).
Quite frankly they’ll need to impress me if they keep hiking their prices this often. After all, I still have a film collection and will likely keep adding to it if they don’t. And Apple, Cineplex, Google and Prime also occasionally offer discounted rentals and purchases.
I guess all we can do is wait for Netflix to make it worth our while, again.