Netflix users threaten to cancel subscriptions after price suddenly rises overnight

It’s never a fun start to the day when you check your bank account in the morning so see all those bills you’ve signed up for going out your account.

And it’s even worse when you see one of them suddenly rise overnight.

That’s what recently happened to many Netflix users as they now threaten to cancel their subscriptions altogether.

Viewers who were subscribing to binge their favourite shows through Apple saw their fee go up earlier this week.

This increase to be able to carry on watching the latest true crime docs or to binge One Day while crying on the sofa actually came into effect earlier this year.

Netflix decided to scrap its Basic ad-free plan, which cost £6.99 per month, and it’s only just came into effect for customers billing it through iTunes.

Apple removed this option to pay through their service a while ago, and the streaming giant told The Verge that members are to now pay Netflix directly.

But users aren’t exactly buzzing with the change as they say it’s a ‘convenient’ way to pay, with one slamming on X: “Guess I’ll be cancelling my Netflix account.”

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With the Basic ad-free plan disappearing, customers who aren’t cancelling their subscription will have to decide if they want to pay less and put up with ads, or cash out more each month to stay ad-free.

Netflix Pricing Breakdown

Standard with adverts - £4.99 per month

· Includes ads

· Access to ‘all but a few’ films and TV shows, unlimited mobile games

· Watch and download on two supported devices at a time

· Watch in Full HD

Standard - £10.99 per month

· Ad-free

· Unlimited films, TV shows and mobile games

· Watch and download on two supported devices at a time

· Option to add one extra member who doesn’t live with you – priced at an extra £4.99 a month

· Watch in Full HD

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Premium - £17.99 per month

· Ad-free

· Unlimited films, TV shows and mobile games

· Watch on four supported devices at a time

· Watch in Ultra HD

· Download on six supported devices at a time

· Option to add up to two extra members who don’t live with you – priced at an extra £4.99 a month each

· Netflix spatial audio

Netflix warns on its site: “The Basic plan is no longer available for new or re-joining members. If you are currently on the Basic plan, you can remain on this plan until your plan is changed or your account is cancelled.

Topics: Netflix, Apple, Money

Jess Battison

Jess is an Entertainment Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include keeping up with the Twitter girlies, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021 and has previously worked at MyLondon.

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