About 40% of Americans have cut back on streaming services in the last three months because of financial concerns, according to a recent report
Americans are quitting subscription streaming services in droves as the cost of living continues to climb, a recent report has found.
Streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu have become increasingly popular in recent years, but Deloitte’s 2026 Digital Media Trends report, released late last month, shows how Americans are getting frustrated over the cost to have their favorite movies and TV shows at the click of a button.
“As the cost of everyday essentials like food and housing remain high, many consumers are reevaluating their budgets and cutting back on nonessential expenditures,” Deloitte said in its survey results. “At the same time, prices for media and entertainment services continue to climb.”
Has Netflix tried not going to Starbucks as often, or not eating Avocado Toast?
maybe just give the kid one doll for Christmas?
They just upped the price again and added more commercials, instead.
In the Netherlands we don’t have commercials on Netflix. Is that really a thing?
In the US there’s like 4 different pricing options for Netflix. The cheapest option is $10 a month and has a bunch of commercials. The most expensive is like $20 or so a month and gives you unlimited download options, no commercials, and shows and movies not included in the cheapest option. I have the cheap one, and I only have it because for some weird ass corpo BS it’s included for “free” with my cell phone carrier.
In the US it is. You can pay more for it to be ad free. Only reason i have it is because its included for free through my cell phone carrier.
We do in Italy, on the cheapest tier
Yep, and we’re about to dump them.
Yarrrrrrrr me maties
Have you seen their job ads? My job which is in business operations is paying $480k. In the real world it pays about $80-100k.
Wasn’t their big deal for years “we pay you well but fire your if we think you’re not worth it any more” which might just be saying the quiet part out loud.
That or maybe enough got cut and were all shocked Pikachu that they backed away from it.
Either way I don’t really understand why they continue to have tech company status. They were definitely pioneering streaming but you can build a streaming service in a couple months using AWS to solve the harder problems.
I don’t know man, after using Netflix, Disney, and Paramount (and jellyfin) apps on my TV, it’s wild how much more responsive the UI is on Netflix compared to everything else.
On your first paragraph, every place will drop you in a heartbeat these days.
Sure but a nice web app was not really what they were pioneering. The entities you listed don’t need none nice apps they are the only source for their content. That’s the business Netflix is now in.
Where is it? If it’s in the Bay Area you won’t be able to afford a house on that meager pittance
It’s actually LA and I, ironically, now live in the Bay Area.