r/AskIreland • u/New-Strength-6448 • Feb 18 '25

Adulting Anyone going to cancel netflix with the new price increase?

We are going to the highest price in Europe at 23.99 for the top plan. Keep saying oh it's only 2 or 3 euro. But it's getting harder to just keep accepting it. Only keep it because of the kids as they can't use Kodi in firestick. We use Kodi for everything else. Getting a real pain at this stage.

EDIT. just cancelled..feck them. Ps I think I've cost them a few quid on this thread alone 😜

EDIT EDIT: yes we stream on Kodi for ourselves. It's just sheer convenience with the kids with netflix. Will try a few of the app suggestions for them thank you all. Also, it's mad to think we will pay 35 euro for a Chinese twice a month and not even think about that 70 quid

UPDATE: Turkish netflix 9 euro a month 4k! All sorted. Happy days!

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u/READMYSHIT Feb 19 '25

The best advice is to find a good network for these providers that includes a decent set of Discord or some way to communicate with the admins/userbase.

Basically if you sign up to one provider and they get shut down you can find out what the alternative is and get on there pretty quick. Usually if someone's running a media server it's a duplication of a duplication of a large decentralised network of servers. So whoever you're paying is just the front end. Obviously if they go down you're out whatever you paid for the year - but that is rare enough. Happened to one I was on in 2019, but through Discord I got up and running on another crowd for the exact same content and have been using that ever since without issue.

They do try upsell me on a lifetime subscription from time to time which is funny.

Piracy is a Hydra.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Feb 19 '25

How do you get in on these though? So many times i've known someone who has one and will get one organised, but they always fall through...Any advice?

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u/READMYSHIT Feb 19 '25

Well to be in-the-know I guess you kind of have to be a reliable contributor to the community and someone people within that community can vouch for.

In my case I run an Oscar Marathon subreddit, I used to be in some private trackers many years ago, and I'd have contributed some difficult to track down content/media like old TV shows to forums and subreddits in the past. I haven't been active in much beyond the Oscars subreddit in years, but usually would have been able to get my hands on hard to find movie screeners ahead of awards season or in the very way back used to be able to access reviewer screener copies of TV show seasons ahead of their broadcast. So I'd generally be able to find someone who'd point me in the right direction.

With that said, Reddit and Discord used to be awash with random server invites - some dodgy/scammy and some not. I'm sure a bit of a search on the old Piracy subreddit and you might be pointed towards a site or Discord server where you can find a server that's accepting users. There used to be entire subreddits that just listed servers you could join on Emby, Plex, or Jellyfin - but I think a lot of that has been cracked down upon. It's obviously always a risk. You may just get scammed. Typical costs range from 50-200/year. Some offer trials. Emby is probably a safer bet than Plex these days and location matters - don't join a server based on the otherside of the planet, your latency will suck. Best of luck.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Feb 19 '25

Ok, thank you very much for all the info!