Quick, raise prices!
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2026
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| Year | Price | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $9.99 | — |
| 2016 | $9.99 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | $10.99 | +10.0% |
| 2018 | $10.99 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | $12.99 | +18.2% |
| 2020 | $13.99 | +7.7% |
| 2021 | $13.99 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | $15.49 | +10.7% |
| 2023 | $15.49 | 0.0% |
| 2024 | $15.49 | 0.0% |
| 2025 | $17.99 | +16.1% |
| 2026 | $19.99 | +11.1% |
Hey look, it costs money to add mobile games and split everything into a bunch of tiers and add restrictions other stupid shit.
Turning a simple and effecting streaming service into a pile of shit isn't free!
Theirngaming business is absolutelynin the toilet too. No one plays that. No one wants that.
If they want to make games fine, just put them on Xbox and Playstation, not this weird streaming nonsense.
You could argue that when they started cracking down on account sharing it quadrupled the price for many people.
It actually brought it down to zero for me!
Investors: "Why is our business dying?"
“Why didn’t short-term profits from job cuts and price hikes lead to long-term growth?”
Layoff at least 3% of staff!
It's not a mystery, people just went back to pirating because it's too expensive
Who could have thought that this very sustainable model would have an expiry date
Got Jurassic Park?...nah, but we've got Dyno Play Area! A new Netflix original documentary that follows three friends who wear dinosaur costumes at various play areas. It's off the hook! #1 in the US right now!
“Our viewership numbers are not looking good, so let’s give them to investors less often so we don’t scare them.”