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Netflix Prices Went Up Again –
I Bought a DVD Player Instead
Posted on April 9, 2026 by Aywren
As of this month, Netflix prices are going up again. The lowest price plan – the one that subjects you to ads – will now be $8.99 plus taxes/fees a month. This probably works out to be 10-ish dollars. Don’t know because I don’t plan on sticking around to find out.
I shouldn’t even have Netflix right now. Back in December, when I lost my job, I put the account on cancel. However, after coming back from the holidays with the newest season of Wednesday halfway watched, I reverted that choice and told myself I had enough shows on Netflix I still wanted to finish to justify the $7.99 a month (overlooking taxes/fees). I could afford that, even if I honestly watch YouTube far more than I ever do Netflix. I mean, I needed to finish the last season of Stranger Things, right?
I’m already not a fan of paying for a subscription that not only dumps ads into your viewing time but also restricts some of the shows due to having the ad-supported package. There have been a few times I’ve run across shows on Netflix that tell me it’s not available for the package I pay for which I think is preposterous!
As someone who remembers when a non-ad version of Netflix was $7.99 a month, there’s no way they’re getting the new $19.99 a month for a non-ad streaming service out of me! I simply don’t watch it enough to justify having it around. And so, I think I’m finally saying goodbye to Netflix for good as this is a price point I’m not interested in.
In the meantime, I bought a new DVD/BluRay player. Well, I actually bought it during Black Friday of last year (before I lost my job), and even invested in a number of DVD/BluRay series collections when they were on sale from Amazon last year. I also picked up some more retro anime series as fairly cheap DVDs from eBay last year.
When sales are hot, you can sometimes get amazing deals on physical media – you pay the cost once and own it for good. I picked up many anime and TV series that I want to dive into, along with a few of my childhood favorite shows. Some of this I’ve never seen completely all the way through as a series, so I have more than enough to watch going forward.
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