Netflix wants to make money, a lot of money – and pulls for it Thumbscrews for paying customers on and on. Although he is streaming pioneer continues to be the leader in its space, but criticism of Netflix has grown louder as the company steadily increasing prices and most recently made a lot of negative headlines, especially by preventing account sharing. This is partly due to the fact that Netflix is increasingly stumbling after years of strong growth and with Disney Plus and Co. in recent years strong competition has conquered a fair share of the market. In a new step Netflix is now worsening the offer for customers again, deleting a great feature – except for them premium customers, who currently have to shell out around 18 euros a month for the Netflix subscription.
Netflix is dropping more and more features
It has been for years expensive premium tariff streaming in high 4K resolution with particularly impressive HDR picture reserved. Providers such as Disney Plus offer these features in all subscription levels, all of which are clearly are cheaper than the premium tariff at Netflix.
So far, an advantage of the premium subscription for just under 20 euros was the option of sharing the account between four people, which significantly reduces the price per user. But that will soon be over: Netflix wants to prevent account sharing. who that streaming subscription will soon pay an extra fee must.
The streaming provider is thus depriving its expensive premium customers of an important feature at this price level. And now the subscribers of all other tariff levels will also receive a feature deleted.
No more great Netflix sound for “normal” customers…
It’s about 3D spatial sound, often as spatial audio designated. This allows for a kind of Netflix streaming surround sound without surround speakers, only a stereo setup is required. Therefore, the feature is not only available on the television, but also, for example, on the smartphone or tablet. The technology has recently gained popularity with Apple, among others, and works particularly well with high quality headphones.
Netflix feature only for premium customers
So far, all Netflix customers have had access to this feature, including subscribers to the affordable Basic with advertising (€4.99 per month), Basic (€7.99 per month) and Standard (€12.99 per month) tiers. From now on, the useful audio feature is only available to customers with the premium rate for €17.99 per month.
Witcher, Stranger Things and many more affected
According to Netflix, around 700 films and series 3D surround sound, this corresponds to about 10 percent of the entire catalog offered in Germany. These include The Witcher and Stranger Things, among others. Who these and other titles in particularly impressive audio quality wants to experience is now forced to do that with a monthly scarce 20 euros steeply priced premium subscription to Netflix to complete. You can still divide the cost by four, but that’s it too soon history – at least in the current form.
Sources: golem / Caschy’s blog
