Netflix s saucy Regency romp Bridgerton showed its reach and confidence
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Netflix is about to get pricier. The streaming service is hiking its basic subscription to £9.99 from £8.99 per month while “premium” users – who pay extra for HD and multi-device streaming – will be paying £13.99 from £11.99. The increase prompted BBC Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford to tweet: “Netflix is now more than the BBC licence and there is no radio, no live TV, no news online etc etc”.
The pushback from other social media users was swift and to the point. The BBC might be slightly cheaper – though not if you compare the license fee to Netflix’s bottom-tier subscription – but doesn’t come even close to offering the same value.